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Diocese of Alajuela Dioecesis Alaiuelensis Diócesis de Alajuela | |
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 Catedral de la Virgen del Pilar | |
| Location | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 662,520 551,100 (83.2%) |
| Parishes | 31 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 February 1921 (104 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. |
| Bishops emeritus | Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R. |
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The Diocese of Alajuela (Latin: Dioecesis Alaiuelensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. The Diocese of Alajuela was erected on 16 February 1921.