Diocese of

Alajuela

Costa Rica Costa Rica

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Alajuela / Alaiuelen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San José

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Pilar (October 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 7

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.03.01 – ...):Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (61)Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (61)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alajuela (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (61)Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (61)
(2018.03.01 – ...)

Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica

Doy mi vida por las ovejas

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

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

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2023.09.07 – ...)

Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (82)Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (82)
(2007.07.03 – 2018.03.01)

Bishop emeritus of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Vobis enim episcopus vobiscum sum Christianus

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

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

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2002 – 2005)

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 Arce
(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 Quesada
(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 Fernández
(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)
(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 Zamora
(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

Special Churches

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,784 km²

Population: 629,730 Catholics (69.1% of 911,475 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 111 priests (98 diocesan, 13 religious), 1 deacon, 128 religious (20 brothers, 108 sisters), 20 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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