Hugo Barrantes Ureña

Costa Rican catholic archbishop (1936–2024)
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Summary

Hugo Barrantes Ureña was born on May 21, 1936[1], in San Isidro de El General[2]. He died on September 28, 2024[3], in San José[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Costa Rica[8]
  • Position held: diocesan bishop[9], Roman Catholic Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica[10]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Commons category: Hugo Barrantes Ureña[13]
  • Cause of death: unknown[14]
  • Given name: Hugo[15]
  • Manner of death: natural causes[16]
  • Consecrator: Román Arrieta Villalobos[17], Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado[18], Héctor Morera Vega[19]

Why It Matters

Hugo Barrantes Ureña has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

Where was Hugo Barrantes Ureña born?

Hugo Barrantes Ureña was born in San Isidro de El General[2].

Where did Hugo Barrantes Ureña die?

Hugo Barrantes Ureña died in San José[4].

What did Hugo Barrantes Ureña do for work?

Hugo Barrantes Ureña worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . nacion.com. nacion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → San José
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sw']
    Sitelink count → 11
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56925|batch #56925]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · Bargioni · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → diocesan bishop, Roman Catholic Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
    Given name → Hugo
    Country of citizenship → Costa Rica
    Instance of → human
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53268|batch #53268]]: add P1810 to P1047"
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