Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José, Costa Rica

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: San José / San José de Costa Rica / Sancti Iosephi in Costarica (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Alajuela, Cartago, Ciudad Quesada, Limón, Puntarenas, San Isidro de El General, Tilarán–Liberia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San José (March 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 9

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1850.02.28: Established as Diocese of San José / San José de Costa Rica / Sancti Iosephi in Costarica (Latin) (from Diocese of León and became suffragan of Guatemala)
1921.02.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José / San José de Costa Rica / Sancti Iosephi in Costarica (Latin) (with suffragan sees Alajuela and Limón and lost territory to establish Diocese of Alajuela and Apostolic Vicariate of Limón)
1954.08.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Isidro de El General and gained suffragan see San Isidro de El General
1961.07.22: Gained suffragan see Tilarán
1995.07.25: Gained suffragan see Ciudad Quesada
1998.04.17: Gained suffragan see Puntarenas
2005.05.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cartago and gained suffragan see Cartago

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1983.03)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.07.04 – ...):	Archbishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós (69)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.11.28 – ...):	Bishop Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez (51) Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of San José (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós (69)
(2013.07.04 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica)

Ofrenda permanente

Born:	1955.05.01 (Llano Grande, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1981.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.22

Priest of San José (Costa Rica) (1981.03.05 – 2005.12.02)

Bishop of Limón (Costa Rica) (2005.12.02 – 2013.07.04)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2011 – 2017.08.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (2013.07.04 – ...)

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

Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña
(2002.07.13 – 2013.07.04)

Duc in altum

Born:	1936.05.21 (San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.07.16
Died:	2024.09.28 (Costa Rica † 88)

Priest of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (1961.12.23 – 1998.04.17)

Bishop of Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (1998.04.17 – 2002.07.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (2002.07.13 – 2013.07.04)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2005 – 2008)

President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2008.09 – 2011.08)

Archbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos
(1979.07.02 – 2002.07.13)

Born:	1924.11.13 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1948.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.21
Died:	2005.03.08 († 80)

Bishop of Tilarán (Costa Rica) (1961.08.12 – 1979.07.02)

President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (1970 – 2002)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1972 – 1976)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1979 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1979.07.02 – 2002.07.13)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1981 – 1984)

Archbishop Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós
(1960.05.05 – 1979.03.24)

Born:	1910.04.21 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1936.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.26
Died:	1986.07.23 († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1960.05.05 – 1979.03.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Central America (1961 – 1964)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1963 – 1965)

President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (1963 – 1970)

Archbishop Rubén Odio Herrera
(1952 – 1959.08.28)

Born:	1901.10.22
Ordained Priest:	1924.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.12.12
Died:	1959.08.28 († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1952 – 1959.08.28)

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez
(1940.03.07 – 1952.06.08)

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)

Archbishop Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez
(1921.03.10 – 1939.12.14)

Born:	1877.01.16 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1899.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.08.02
Died:	1939.12.14 († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1921.03.10 – 1939.12.14)

Bishops of San José (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M.
(1904.06.01 – 1920.12.12)

Born:	1856.06.07 (Germany)
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.08.24
Died:	1920.12.12 († 64)

Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1904.06.01 – 1920.12.12)

Bishop Bernardo Agusto Thiel Hoffman
(1880.02.27 – 1901.09.09)

Born:	1850.04.01 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1874.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.09.05
Died:	1901.09.09 († 51)

Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1880.02.27 – 1901.09.09)

Bishop Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente
(1851.04.10 – 1871.09.23)

Born:	1800.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.11.07
Died:	1871.09.23 († 71)

Bishop of San José (Costa Rica) (1851.04.10 – 1871.09.23)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Troyo Calderón (1979.08.27 – 2002.07.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (96) (1968.01.05 – 1974.12.19)