Suffragan diocese San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

Diocese of San Isidro de El General

Sancti Isidori

Latin Church

The Diocese of San Isidro de El General is a Latin Church diocese in southern Costa Rica, erected on 19 August 1954. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

On the map

The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Isidore, in San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica.

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Established: 1954
Catholics: 359,000
Priests: 59
Territory: 10,346 km²

Parishes and churches

25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop: Juan Miguel Castro Rojas
Born: 20 August 1966
Birthplace: Concepción de Naranjo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Isidore stands in San Isidro de El General, 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 see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 19 August 1954
Latin: Sancti Isidori
Patron: Saint Isidore the Laborer (San Isidro Labrador)
Annuario code: 001002904

The see in figures

Catholics: 359,000
Population: 369,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 97.3%
Priests: 59
Catholics per priest: 6,085
Extent: 10,346 km²
Catholics per km²: 35

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of San José de Costa Rica

A suffragan of Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of CartagoCartago48 km
Diocese of PuntarenasPuntarenas61 km
Archdiocese of San José de Costa RicaSan José de Costa Rica72 km
Diocese of LimónLimón90 km
Diocese of Ciudad QuesadaCiudad Quesada130 km
Diocese of AlajuelaAlajuela144 km
Territorial Prelature of Bocas del ToroBocas del Toro, Panama162 km
Diocese of DavidDavid, Panama177 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].