Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica

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Bishop(s) Hugo Barrantes Ureña, Archbishop Antonio Troyo Calderón, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Alajuela Cartago Ciudad Quesada Limón Puntarenas San Isidro de El General Tilarán

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 16 February 1921 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Costa Rica Square Kilometers: 3,758 (1,451 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.arquisanjose.org/ Mailing Address: Apartado 497, 1000 San José, Costa Rica Telephone: 258-1015 Fax: 221-2427

Historical Details

• Diocese of San José de Costa Rica
  • Latin Name: Sancti Iosephi in Costarica
  • Erected: 28 February 1850
  • Metropolitan: (unknown)
  • Country: Costa Rica

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente † (10 Apr 1851 Appointed - 23 Sep 1871 Died)
• Luis Bruschetti † ( 1871 Appointed - 1880 Resigned)
• Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 9 Sep 1901 Died)
• Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. † (1 Jun 1904 Appointed - 12 Dec 1920 Died)
• Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez † (10 Mar 1921 Appointed - 14 Dec 1939 Died)
• Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez † (7 Mar 1940 Appointed - 8 Jun 1952 Died)
• Rubén Odio Herrera † ( 1952 Appointed - 28 Aug 1959 Died)
• Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós † (5 May 1960 Appointed - 24 Mar 1979 Resigned)
• Román Arrieta Villalobos † (2 Jul 1979 Appointed - 13 Jul 2002 Retired)
• Hugo Barrantes Ureña (13 Jul 2002 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of San José de Costa Rica
28 February 1850	Erected	Diocese of León en Nicaragua	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica (erected) (Costa Rica)
16 February 1921	Territory Lost	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica	Diocese of Alajuela (erected)
16 February 1921	Territory Lost	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica	Vicariate Apostolic of Limón (erected)
Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
16 February 1921	Elevated	Diocese of San José de Costa Rica	Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
19 August 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Alajuela Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Diocese of San Isidro de El General (erected)
24 May 2005	Territory Lost	Diocese of Limón Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Diocese of Cartago (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
1949	449,000	450,048	99.8%	71	41	112	4,008		41	280	47	ap1951
1966	579,856	597,856	97.0%	109	109	218	2,659		135	660	60	ap1967
1970	742,746	757,904	98.0%	130	111	241	3,081		141	725	65	ap1971
1976	885,066	903,129	98.0%	144	92	236	3,750		144	631	72	ap1977
1980	800,000	940,000	85.1%	151	110	261	3,065		125	602	83	ap1981
1990	1,350,000	1,500,000	90.0%	215	133	348	3,879		260	630	107	ap1991
1999	2,334,636	2,683,490	87.0%	252	116	368	6,344		241	584	120	ap2000
2000	2,345,036	2,726,786	86.0%	270	102	372	6,303		206	535	124	ap2001
2001	2,347,623	2,761,910	85.0%	289	87	376	6,243		195	526	127	ap2002
2002	2,375,019	2,794,140	85.0%	272	91	363	6,542		187	522	131	ap2003
2003	1,812,945	2,132,877	85.0%	273	91	364	4,980		159	522	134	ap2004
2004	1,621,800	1,930,714	84.0%	260	135	395	4,105	1	248	616	134	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Hugo Barrantes Ureña (Archbishop: 13 Jul 2002)
• Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (Priest: 8 Jul 1977 to 4 Jun 2003)
• Guillermo Loría Garita (Priest: 21 Dec 1963 to 31 Jul 2003)
• José Rafael Quirós Quirós (Priest: 5 Mar 1981 to 2 Dec 2005)
• Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (Priest: 8 Mar 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 1968 to 19 Dec 1974)
• Antonio Troyo Calderón (Priest: 30 Nov 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Aug 1979 to 13 Jul 2002)
• José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (Priest: 19 Dec 1964 to 30 Dec 1994)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Román Arrieta Villalobos † (Priest: 18 Dec 1948 to 12 Aug 1961; Archbishop: 2 Jul 1979 to 13 Jul 2002)
• Luis Bruschetti † (Bishop: 1871 to 1880)
• Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez † (Priest: 28 Oct 1899; Archbishop: 10 Mar 1921 to 14 Dec 1939)
• Alfonso Coto Monge † (Priest: 9 Nov 1941 to 7 Mar 1980)
• Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1851 to 23 Sep 1871)
• Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora † (Priest: 10 Dec 1891 to 23 Jan 1915)
• Rubén Odio Herrera † (Archbishop: 1952 to 28 Aug 1959)
• Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós † (Priest: 25 Oct 1936; Archbishop: 5 May 1960 to 24 Mar 1979)
• Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez † (Priest: 9 Oct 1921 to 12 Mar 1938; Archbishop: 7 Mar 1940 to 8 Jun 1952)
• Juan Vicente Solís Fernández † (Priest: 18 Aug 1915 to 3 Jul 1940)
• Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1904 to 12 Dec 1920)
• Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 9 Sep 1901)