Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
Civitatis Quesaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
The Diocese of Ciudad Quesada is a Latin rite diocese in northern Costa Rica, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. It was erected on 25 July 1995 from the Diocese of Alajuela and the Diocese of Tilaran. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in Ciudad Quesada.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 July 1995
- Latin
- Civitatis Quesaden(sis)
- Patron
- San Carlos Borromeo
- Annuario code
- 001001168
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 237,230
- Population
- 267,645
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.6%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 5,517
- Extent
- 9,838 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Manuel Garita Herrera
- Born
- 26 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Heredia
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo stands in Ciudad Quesada, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Jose de Costa Rica
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San José de Costa RicaSan José de Costa Rica
- Diocese of AlajuelaAlajuela
- Diocese of CartagoCartago
- Diocese of LimónLimón
- Diocese of PuntarenasPuntarenas
- Diocese of Tilarán-LiberiaTilarán-Liberia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.