Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela

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Metropolitan Hugo Barrantes Ureña Denomination Roman Catholic Area 2,700 km² Ecclesiastical province Hugo Barrantes Ureña		Parishes 31 Rite Latin Rite Country Costa Rica

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)662,520551,100 (83.2%) Established 16 February 1921 (96 years ago)

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

Ordinaries

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 - )

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