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{{Short description|Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Costa Rica}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Diocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese -->
| name              = San Isidro de El General 
| latin             = Dioecesis Sancti Isidori
| local             = Diócesis de San Isidro de El General
| image             = IglesiaPZ.jpg
| image_size        = frameless 
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = Catedral de San Isidro Labrador 
<!---- Locations ---->
| country           = [[Costa Rica]]
| metropolitan      = [[José Rafael Quirós Quirós]]
| territory         = 
| province          = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica|Province of San José de Costa Rica]]
| coordinates       = 
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 10,346
| population        = 369,000
| population_as_of  = 2010
| catholics         = 359,000 <!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese -->
| catholics_percent = 97.3
| parishes          = 26
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations     = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members           = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination      = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Latin Church]]
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 19 August 1954 ({{age|1954|8|19}} years ago)
| cathedral         = [[Cathedral of St. Isidore (San Isidro de Pérez Zeledón)|Cathedral of St. Isidore]] 
| cocathedral       = 
| patron            = 
| priests           = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
<!---- Current leadership ---->
| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| bishop_title      = Bishop
| bishop            = [[Juan Miguel Castro Rojas]]
| coadjutor         = 
| auxiliary_bishops = 
| vicar_general     = 
| emeritus_bishops  = Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado<br>[[Guillermo Loría Garita]]<br>[[Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña]], [[O.F.M. Conv.]]
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| map               = Costa Rica - Diocesi di San Isidro de El General.jpg
| map_alt           = 
| map_caption       = 
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| website           =  
| footnotes         = 
}}
The '''Diocese of San Isidro de El General''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Sancti Isidori}} 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 [[metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica|Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica]]. It was erected as a diocese on 19 August 1954.

==Bishops==
===Ordinaries===
*[[Delfín Quesada Castro]] (1954−1974)
*[[Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado]] (1974−2003)
*[[Guillermo Loría Garita]] (2003−2013)
*[[Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña]], [[O.F.M. Conv.]] (2013–2021)
*[[Juan Miguel Castro Rojas]] (2021–present)

===Other priest of this diocese who became bishop===
*[[Hugo Barrantes Ureña]], appointed Bishop of Puntarenas in 1998

==Territorial losses==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || width="225" |Along with || width="225" |To form
|- valign="top"
| 1998 || [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán|Diocese of Tilarán]] || [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas|Diocese of Puntarenas]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|title = Diocese of San Isidro de El General|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsnis.html|accessdate=2007-02-15}} [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|{{sup|{{small|[''self-published'']}}}}]]

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