- Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
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).
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
Catholic Church in Costa Rica
References
External links
Official website
"Diocese of Ciudad Quesada". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-13. [self-published]
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia
- List of Catholic dioceses in Costa Rica
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo
- List of Catholic dioceses in North America
- Ciudad Juárez Cathedral
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia
