Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela

Diocese of Alajuela
Diocese of Alajuela ; Dioecesis Alaiuelensis
	File:Catedral, Alajuela.JPG Catedral de la Virgen del Pilar
Location
Country	Costa Rica
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San José de Costa Rica
Metropolitan	Hugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
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Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 662,520; 551,100 (83.2%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 February 1921 (104 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R
Emeritus Bishops	José Rafael Barquero Arce
Map
	File:Costa Rica - Diocesi di Alajuela.jpg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela (erected 16 February 1921) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

Ordinaries

Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora (1921 - 1937)
Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez (1938 - 1940)
Juan Vicente Solís Fernández (1940 - 1967)
Enrique Bolaños Quesada (1970 - 1980)
José Rafael Barquero Arce (1980 - 2007 )
Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R. (2007 - )

Year	Along with	To form
1954	Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica	Diocese of San Isidro de El General
1961		Diocese of Tilarán
1995	Diocese of Tilarán	Diocese of Ciudad Quesada

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