Román Arrieta Villalobos

Román Arrieta Villalobos, known as Manzanita (1924-2004), was a Catholic Archbishop in Costa Rica.

He was born in San Antonio de Belén, Costa Rica, on November 13, 1924.

He finished his secondary studies in Heredia before entering the Conciliar Seminary of San José, Costa Rica.

Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez and sent by him to Washington, D.C., to undertake his postgraduate studies.

He created a system of Social Security for the church employees, restored the Metropolitan Cathedral, and promoted the establishment of the Universidad Católica de Costa Rica.