Metropolitan Hugo Barrantes Ureña Denomination Roman Catholic Bishop José Manuel Garita | Parishes 18 Area 9,838 km² Founded 1995 Ecclesiastical province Hugo Barrantes Ureña | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)267,645214,116 (80%) | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada (erected 25 July 1995) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica, located in the city of Ciudad Quesada (or, more simply, Quesada; alternatively known as San Carlos). Ciudad Quesada is the capital of the District of Ciudad Quesada, and of the larger Canton of San Carlos, which is in turn part of Alajuela Province.
On New Year's Eve, Monday, 31 December 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez from the pastoral governance of the diocese; there was no immediate replacement, so the diocese was a sede vacante (vacant see). On Saturday, 15 March 2014, Pope Francis appointed as bishop José Manuel Garita Herrera, who until then had been serving as the Rector of the Major Seminary Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels) in Costa Rica. He was consecrated as bishop on the following 14 May and took possession of the diocese.