San José, Costa Rica
Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez (17 January 1899 – 8 June 1952) was a Costa Rican Catholic prelate and historian who served as the second Archbishop of San José from 1940 until his death in 1952. He previously served as Bishop of Alajuela from 1938 to 1940 and as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
San José from 1935 to 1938. Born in Oreamuno, Sanabria played an important role in Costa Rica's social reforms of the 1940s. He supported the enactment of the country's social legislation, including the constitutional chapter on Social Guarantees and the Labor Code, and was an advocate of closer cooperation between the Catholic Church, organized labor, and the government. In 1959, the Legislative Assembly declared him Benemérito de la Patria ("Meritorious Citizen of the Nation"). In addition to his ecclesiastical work, Sanabria was one of the leading historians of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. His writings on local ecclesiastical history and genealogy remain important sources for the study of Costa Rican history. His influence on the country's social reforms and on the relationship between the Church and the state made him one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century Costa...
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