Diocese of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Isidro de El General / Sancti Isidori (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San José

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Isidro Labrador (May 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 17

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1954.08.19: Established as Diocese of San Isidro de El General / Sancti Isidori (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José and Diocese of Alajuela and became suffragan of San José)
1998.04.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Puntarenas

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.11.13 – ...):

Bishop Juan Miguel Castro Rojas (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Isidro de El General (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Miguel Castro Rojas (58)
(2021.11.13 – ...)

Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

Amar y servir

Born:	1966.08.20 (Concepción de Naranjo, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1990.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.01.25

Priest of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (1990.12.01 – 2021.11.13)

Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (2021.11.13 – ...)

Bishop Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. (79)
(2013.12.24 – 2021.11.13)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

Servamos al senhor con la santidad y justicia

Born:	1945.11.06 (Moravia, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1973.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.01

Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (2013.12.24 – 2021.11.13)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2017.08.11 – 2020.08.07)

Bishop Guillermo Loría Garita (86)
(2003.07.31 – 2013.12.24)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

Facto eterno para servir al Señor

Born:	1937.11.19 (Tierra Blanca, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.10.01

Priest of San José (Costa Rica) (1963.12.21 – 2003.07.31)

Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (2003.07.31 – 2013.12.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2008 – 2011)

Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (96)
(1974.12.19 – 2003.07.31)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica)

Born:	1928.07.31 (Guadalupe de Cartago, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1952.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.03.08

Priest of San José (Costa Rica) (1952.03.08 – 1968.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania (1968.01.05 – 1974.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1968.01.05 – 1974.12.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (1970 – 1975)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1972 – 1981)

Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (1974.12.19 – 2003.07.31)

Bishop Delfín Quesada Castro
(1954.10.22 – 1974.10.17)

Born:	1908.03.10 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1931.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.01.18
Died:	1974.10.17 († 66)

Bishop of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (1954.10.22 – 1974.10.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Isidro Labrador, San Isidro de Pérez Zeledón, San José

Churches by City (26)

Puntarenas (↖), Cartago (↑), Limón (↗), Bocas del Toro (→), David (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,646 km²

Population: 264,270 Catholics (70.0% of 377,570 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 539 missions

Personnel: 58 priests (49 diocesan, 9 religious), 7 deacons, 53 religious (21 brothers, 32 sisters), 10 seminarians