Costa Rica

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
8 Mar 1968		Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General
1 May 1979		Bishop José Rafael Barquero Arce	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela
21 Sep 1979		Bishop Antonio Troyo Calderón	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
27 Dec 1979		Bishop Héctor Morera Vega	Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán
20 Oct 1984		Archbishop Pier Giacomo De Nicolò	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
5 Apr 1990		Archbishop Giacinto Berloco	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
6 Jan 1991		Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
22 Feb 1995		Bishop José Francisco Ulloa Rojas	Bishop of Cartago
7 Oct 1995		Bishop Angel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R.	Bishop of Alajuela
14 Oct 1995		Archbishop Antonio Sozzo	Apostolic Nuncio to Morocco
16 Jul 1998		Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
21 Sep 2002		Bishop Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Tilarán-Liberia
6 Jan 2003		Archbishop Pierre Nguyên Van Tot	Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
25 Jul 2003		Bishop Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén	Bishop of Puntarenas
1 Oct 2003		Bishop Guillermo Loría Garita	Bishop of San Isidro de El General
4 Nov 2004		Bishop Alexander Salazar	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
22 Feb 2006		Bishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós	Bishop of Limón

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