Conferencia Episcopal de Costa Rica (C.E.CO.R.)

Present Officials

President (2023.09.07 – ...):	Bishop Javier Gerardo Román Arias (63) Bishop of Limón (Costa Rica)
Vice-President (2020.08.07 – ...):	Bishop Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós (59) Bishop of Cartago (Costa Rica)
General Secretary (2023.09.07 – ...):	Bishop Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (63) Bishop of Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Past Officials

• President:  Bishop José Manuel Garita Herrera (61) (2020.08.07 – 2023.09.07)
• President:  Archbishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós (70) (2017.08.11 – 2020.08.07)
• President:  Bishop Óscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (76) (2011.08 – 2017.08.11)
• President:  Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña (2008.09 – 2011.08)
• President:  Bishop José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (85) (2002 – 2008.09)
• President:  Archbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos (1970 – 2002)
• President:  Archbishop Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós (1963 – 1970)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. (80) (2017.08.11 – 2020.08.07)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop José Rafael Quirós Quirós (70) (2011 – 2017.08.11)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Guillermo Loría Garita (88) (2008 – 2011)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña (2005 – 2008)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (83) (2002 – 2005)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez (52) (2020.08.07 – 2023.09.07)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Javier Gerardo Román Arias (63) (2017.08.11 – 2020.08.07)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Ángel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (83) (2012 – 2017.08.11)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Óscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (76) (2008 – 2011.08)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.J. (88) (2002 – 2008)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Antonio Troyo Calderón (1979 – 2002)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (97) (1970 – 1975)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Enrique Bolaños Quesada (1963 – 1970)

Last updated on 2026.04.11

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