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Costa Rica

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
31 Jul 1928 Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos PicadoBishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General
21 May 1936 Archbishop Hugo Barrantes UreñaArchbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
19 Nov 1937 Bishop Guillermo Loría GaritaBishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General
24 Mar 1938 Bishop Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I.Bishop Emeritus of Tilarán-Liberia
1 Oct 1940 Bishop José Francisco Ulloa RojasBishop Emeritus of Cartago
31 Aug 1941 Archbishop Giacinto BerlocoApostolic Nuncio
9 May 1942 Archbishop Antonio SozzoApostolic Nuncio
5 Aug 1942 Archbishop Osvaldo PadillaApostolic Nuncio
16 Sep 1942 Bishop Angel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R.Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela
6 Nov 1945 Bishop Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General
27 Jun 1948 Archbishop Bruno MusaròApostolic Nuncio
15 Apr 1949 Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn TốtApostolic Nuncio
Youngest
4 Oct 1973 Bishop Daniel Francisco Blanco MéndezAuxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
13 May 1967 Archbishop Mark Gerard MilesApostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica
19 Jan 1967 Bishop Mario Enrique Quirós QuirósBishop of Cartago
20 Aug 1966 Bishop Juan Miguel Castro RojasBishop of San Isidro de El General
14 Mar 1966 Archbishop Dagoberto Campos SalasApostolic Nuncio to Panama
26 Mar 1965 Bishop José Manuel Garita HerreraBishop of Ciudad Quesada
7 Mar 1963 Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C.Bishop of Alajuela
19 Oct 1962 Bishop Javier Gerardo Román AriasBishop of Limón
9 Oct 1958 Bishop Manuel Eugenio Salazar MoraBishop of Tilarán-Liberia
1 May 1955 Archbishop José Rafael Quirós QuirósArchbishop of San José de Costa Rica
8 May 1953 Archbishop Antonio ArcariApostolic Nuncio
22 Dec 1949 Bishop Oscar Gerardo Fernández GuillénBishop of Puntarenas

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