Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica
The Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica, consisting of the Bishops of Costa Rica, is a permanent institution, with the approval of the Holy See, to signify the collegial spirit and live, study and solve problems together ecclesial interest collaboration, and promote the greater good which the Church seeks to humanity, through the various means and modes of ministry approved by the Church. Its history dates back to the Bull Praedecessorum, Benedict XV, February 16, 1921, erected the ecclesiastical province of Costa Rica. The bishops of the Episcopal Conference members are in charge of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José and the Diocese of Cartago, Alajuela, , Ciudad Quesada, Tilarán, Puntarenas and Limón.
Establishment[]
Archbishop (Chairman), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San José
Monsignor , Diocesan Bishop of Alajuela
Monsignor , Diocesan Bishop of San Isidro de El General
Monsignor , Diocesan Bishop of Tilarán
Bishop , Diocesan Bishop of Limon
Monsignor , Bishop of the Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
Monsignor , diocesan bishop of Puntarenas
Bishop , Diocesan Bishop of Carthage
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20120711231501/http://www.iglesiacr.org/2012/index.html
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Coats_of_arms_of_Bishops_of_Costa_Rica
- Episcopal conferences
- Catholic Church in Costa Rica
- Christian organizations established in 1921
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- Costa Rica stubs