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Diocese of

Alajuela

Costa Rica Costa Rica

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 2,784 km²

Population: 567,627 Catholics (66.6% of 852,885 total) (2020)

Statistics: 34 parishes, 103 priests (91 diocesan, 12 religious), 1 deacon, 97 lay religious (14 brothers, 83 sisters), 19 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: San José

Neighbouring Dioceses: Puntarenas (←), Tilarán–Liberia (↖), Ciudad Quesada (↑), San José (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Pilar (October 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 7

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History

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.03.01 – ...):Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (59)Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alajuela (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (59)Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (59)Permalink
(2018.03.01 – ...)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Born:1963.03.07 (Teulada, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1989.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:2018.05.26

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (2018.03.01 – ...)

Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (79)Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (79)Permalink
(2007.07.03 – 2018.03.01)

Bishop emeritus of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Vobis enim episcopus vobiscum sum Christianus

Born:1942.09.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1965.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:1995.10.07

Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica) (1995.07.25 – 2007.07.03)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2005.03 – 2011)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (2007.07.03 – 2018.03.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica) (2007.10 – 2008.03.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2012 – 2017.08.11)

Bishop José Rafael Barquero ArcePermalink
(1980.12.22 – 2007.07.03)

Born:1931.10.27 (San Rafael de Heredia, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1979.05.01
Died:2020.11.29 (Alajuela, Costa Rica † 89)

Titular Bishop of Arindela (1979.03.28 – 1980.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1979.03.28 – 1980.12.22)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1980.12.22 – 2007.07.03)

Bishop Enrique Bolaños QuesadaPermalink
(1970.03.06 – 1980.12.13)

Born:1907.10.05 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:1933.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1963.03.25
Died:1992.04.27 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Andropolis (1962.12.06 – 1970.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1962.12.06 – 1970.03.06)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (1963 – 1970)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1970.03.06 – 1980.12.13)

Bishop Juan Vicente Solís FernándezPermalink
(1940.07.03 – 1967.03.30)

Born:1892.08.08 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:1915.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:1940.08.18
Died:1973.01.16 († 80)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1940.07.03 – 1967.03.30)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia (1967.03.30 – 1973.01.16)

Bishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1938.03.12 – 1940.03.07)

Born:1899.01.17
Ordained Priest:1921.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:1938.04.25
Died:1952.06.08 († 53)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1938.03.12 – 1940.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1940.03.07 – 1952.06.08)

Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel ZamoraPermalink
(1921.03.10 – 1937.10.08)

Born:1868.07.13 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:1891.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:1915.07.25
Died:1937.10.08 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Sora (1915.01.23 – 1921.03.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1915.01.23 – 1921.03.10)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1921.03.10 – 1937.10.08)

Former Prelates

as of 2022.06.30

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