Diocese of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ciudad Quesada / Civitatis Quesaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San José

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tilarán–Liberia (←), Juigalpa (↑), Limón (→), San José (↘), Alajuela (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Carlos Borromeo (November 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 14

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1995.07.25: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Quesada / Civitatis Quesaden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Alajuela and Diocese of Tilarán and became suffragan of San José)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.03.15 – ...):

Bishop José Manuel Garita Herrera (61)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Quesada (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Manuel Garita Herrera (61)
(2014.03.15 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica)

Mi gracia te basta

Born:	1965.03.26 (Heredia, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1988.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.17

Priest of San José (Costa Rica) (1988.11.26 – 2014.03.15)

Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica) (2014.03.15 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2020.08.07 – 2023.09.07)

Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez
(2008.03.19 – 2012.12.31)

Envíame tu luz y tu verdad

Born:	1942.08.05 (Liberia, Nicaragua)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.24
Died:	2013.02.11 († 70)

Priest of Tilarán (Costa Rica) (1966.12.18 – 2008.03.19)

Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica) (2008.03.19 – 2012.12.31)

Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.10 – 2008.03.19)

Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (83)
(1995.07.25 – 2007.07.03)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Carlos Borromeo, Ciudad Quesada, Alajuela
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Tilarán–Liberia (←), Juigalpa (↑), Limón (→), San José (↘), Alajuela (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,838 km²

Population: 237,230 Catholics (69.0% of 343,891 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (29 diocesan, 16 religious), 35 religious (16 brothers, 19 sisters), 9 seminarians