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Diocese of San Isidro de El General

Dioecesis Sancti Isidori



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 August 1954
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Costa Rica
  • Square Kilometers: 10,646 (4,112 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesissanisidro.org/
  • Mailing Address: Casa Diocesana, Barrio Brasilia, detras del Hotel Montecito, Perez Zelendon, Apdo 325, 8000 San Isidro de El General [San Jose], Costa Rica
  • Telephone: 2771.02.80

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 August 1954ErectedDiocese of Alajuela (Aguirre, Osa, Buenos Aires, and Golfito)
Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica (Tarrazu, Dota, and Perez Zeledón)
Diocese of San Isidro de El General (erected)
17 April 1998Territory LostDiocese of San Isidro de El General (Aguirre and Parrita)
Diocese of Tilarán (Garabito, Esparza, Montes de Oro, and Puntarenas)
Diocese of Puntarenas (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966110,800117,00094.7%98176,5172411ap1967
1970121,000130,00093.1%95148,64253010ap1971
1976200,000215,00093.0%1161711,76463810ap1977
1980235,000250,00094.0%1131416,78542410ap1981
1990275,095323,62085.0%286348,091192723ap1991
1999317,142373,11285.0%4110516,218213225ap2000
2000324,400384,00084.5%449536,120223025ap2001
2001289,004333,31086.7%4110515,666103726ap2002
2002310,241343,95590.2%489575,442314526ap2003
2003298,585331,76190.0%469555,428174226ap2004
2004303,193338,39689.6%439525,830195126ap2005
2010359,000369,00097.3%468546,6481194626ap2011
2014377,000388,00097.2%4911606,2831174726ap2015
2017280,004400,00570.0%5213654,3071193526ap2018
2020285,537407,91070.0%5612684,1991171626ap2021
2022261,760373,95070.0%4613594,4367163226ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 49, to Page 51

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