Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela

Diocese of Alajuela Dioecesis Alaiuelensis Diócesis de Alajuela
Catedral de la Virgen del Pilar
Location
Country	Costa Rica
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San José de Costa Rica
Metropolitan	Hugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area	2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 662,520 551,100 (83.2%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 February 1921 (103 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C.
Bishops emeritus	Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R.
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The Diocese of Alajuela (Latin: Dioecesis Alaiuelensis) 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 Diocese of Alajuela was erected on 16 February 1921.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora (1921–1937)
• Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez (1938–1940), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
• Juan Vicente Solís Fernández (1940–1967)
• Enrique Bolaños Quesada (1970–1980)
• José Rafael Barquero Arce (1980–2007)
• Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R. (2007–2018)
• Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (2018- )

Auxiliary bishops

• Enrique Bolaños Quesada (1962–1970), appointed Bishop here
• José Rafael Barquero Arce (1979–1980), appointed Bishop here

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1954	Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Diocese of San Isidro de El General
1961		Diocese of Tilarán
1995	Diocese of Tilarán	Diocese of Ciudad Quesada

See also

• Catholic Church in Costa Rica
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Costa Rica

External links

• "Diocese of Alajuela". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-13. ^{[self-published]}
• Official website