Diocese of Ciudad Quesada Dioecesis Civitatis Quesadensis Diócesis de Ciudad Quesada | |
|---|---|
 Catedral San Carlos Borromeo | |
| Location | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,838 km2 (3,798 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 267,645 214,116 (80%) |
| Parishes | 18 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 July 1995 (28 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Manuel Garita Herrera |
| Map | |
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The Diocese of Ciudad Quesada is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. the episcopal see is Ciudad Quesada (or, more simply, Quesada; alternatively known as San Carlos). Ciudad Quesada is the capital of the District of Ciudad Quesada, and of the larger Canton of San Carlos, which is in turn part of Alajuela Province. The diocese was erected on 25 July 1995.
On 31 December 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez from the pastoral governance of the diocese; there was no immediate replacement, so the diocese was a sede vacante (vacant see).[1]
Bishops
- Angel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (1995–2007), appointed Bishop of Alajuela
- Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez (2008–2012)
- José Manuel Garita Herrera (2014– )
See also
References
- ↑ "Rinuncia del vescovo di Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica)". NEWS.va (in Italian). 31 December 2012.
External links
- Official website
- "Diocese of Ciudad Quesada". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-13. [self-published]
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