Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Costa Rica
Diocese of Alajuela
Dioecesis Alaiuelensis
Diócesis de Alajuela
Catedral de la Virgen del Pilar
Location
Country
Costa Rica
Ecclesiastical province
Province of San José de Costa Rica
Metropolitan
Hugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area
2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2006) 662,520 551,100 (83.2%)
Parishes
31
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
16 February 1921 (103 years ago)
Cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C.
Bishops emeritus
Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R.
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The Diocese of Alajuela (Latin: Dioecesis Alaiuelensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. The Diocese of Alajuela was erected on 16 February 1921.
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