Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
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The Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. A metropolitan see, there are seven suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Diocese of Alajuela, Cartago, Ciudad Quesada, Limón, Puntarenas, San Isidro de El General, and Tilarán. Erected on 28 February 1850, the Diocese of San José de Costa Rica was elevated to an archdiocese on 16 February 1921. It is the sole archdiocese in Costa Rica.
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Costa Rica
Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica Archidioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Costarica Arquidiócesis de San José | |
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 Catedral Metropolitana San José | |
| Location | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,208 km2 (853 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 2,138,345 1,519,860 (71.1%) |
| Parishes | 107 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 28 February 1850 (173 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph |
| Secular priests | 260 (diocesan) 112 (Religious Orders) 21 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Rafael Quirós |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez |
| Bishops emeritus | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.arquisanjose.org | |
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