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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General

Coordinates: 9°22′25″N 83°42′08″W / 9.3736°N 83.7023°W / 9.3736; -83.7023
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Diocese of San Isidro de El General

Dioecesis Sancti Isidori

Diócesis de San Isidro de El General
Catedral de San Isidro Labrador
Location
CountryCosta Rica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San José de Costa Rica
MetropolitanJosé Rafael Quirós Quirós
Statistics
Area10,346 km2 (3,995 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
369,000
359,000 (97.3%)
Parishes26
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established19 August 1954 (70 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Isidore
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJuan Miguel Castro Rojas
Bishops emeritusIgnacio Nazareno Trejos Picado
Guillermo Loría Garita
Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv.
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The Diocese of San Isidro de El General (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Isidori 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. It was erected as a diocese on 19 August 1954.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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Territorial losses

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Year Along with To form
1998 Diocese of Tilarán Diocese of Puntarenas

References

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  • "Diocese of San Isidro de El General". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15. [self-published]

9°22′25″N 83°42′08″W / 9.3736°N 83.7023°W / 9.3736; -83.7023