Juan Gabriel is validated by LAS, and has been for several months now.

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The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).

Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.

In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.

At 108: https://herediahoy.com/destacadas/herediano-mas-longevo-vive-en-los-lagos-2/?fbclid=IwAR2ofRXfow4S-KnYfGU_IMjw8VP_B0Vnvoz2pc7xsZlwTLMJh_CFQ1frghI

He turned 109:

New photo of Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros (b. 19 October 1913) on 23 July 2023:

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The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).

 

Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.

In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.

At 108: https://herediahoy.com/destacadas/herediano-mas-longevo-vive-en-los-lagos-2/?fbclid=IwAR2ofRXfow4S-KnYfGU_IMjw8VP_B0Vnvoz2pc7xsZlwTLMJh_CFQ1frghI

He turned 109:

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He turned 110: Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros, Costa Rica's Oldest Living Man, Turns 110 Years Old - LongeviQuest
https://longeviquest.com/2023/10/juan-gabriel-hernandez-matamoros-costa-ricas-oldest-living-man-turns-110-years-old/

on her 112th birthday in 2023.

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The Doyenne of Costa Rica should be Ms. Marita del Carmen Camacho Quiros (born 10 March 1911, 112).

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Why did you repost this, but with Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros removed? He's still alive. 

@mendocino Because there was no mention of her reached 112th birthday in this thread about Doyenne and Doyen of CRI.

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The Doyen of Costa Rica should be Juan Gabriel Alberto de Jesus Hernandez Matamoros (born 19 October 1913, 108).

 

 

Ms. Hernandez Matamoros currently lives in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
He has been validated by LAS.

In Costa Rica there are other men who claim to be older than Mr. Hernandez Matamoros but their age is, nowadays, unverified.

At 108: https://herediahoy.com/destacadas/herediano-mas-longevo-vive-en-los-lagos-2/?fbclid=IwAR2ofRXfow4S-KnYfGU_IMjw8VP_B0Vnvoz2pc7xsZlwTLMJh_CFQ1frghI

He turned 109:

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He turned 110: Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros, Costa Rica's Oldest Living Man, Turns 110 Years Old - LongeviQuest
https://longeviquest.com/2023/10/juan-gabriel-hernandez-matamoros-costa-ricas-oldest-living-man-turns-110-years-old/

 

May he rest in peace.

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarians/juan-gabriel-hernandez-matamoros/

The new Doyen of Costa Rica should be Bernabe Cordoba Cordoba (born 11 June 1915, 108).

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The Doyenne of Costa Rica, Ms. Marita del Carmen Camacho Quiros (born 10 March 1911, 112).

 

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on her 112th birthday in 2023.

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She turned 113

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The new Doyen of Costa Rica should be Bernabe Cordoba Cordoba (born 11 June 1915, 108).

Ms. Cordoba Cordoba currently lives in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

At 108: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=654178426750502&id=100064750504411&mibextid=9R9pXO

https://longeviquest.com/2024/06/bernabe-cordoba-1915-present-costa-ricas-oldest-man-turns-109/

María Trinidad has celebrated her claimed 108th birthday in Nicoya, Guanacaste.

View this post on Instagram

Pictures from 2021 https://www.reneschwerdtel.de/maria-trinidad-espinoza-medina-cbt/

Report from 2020 at age 104 https://www.teletica.com/masqn/dona-trinidad-y-sus-historias-a-los-104-anos-de-vida_248676

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María Trinidad has celebrated her claimed 108th birthday in Nicoya, Guanacaste.

View this post on Instagram

 

Pictures from 2021 https://www.reneschwerdtel.de/maria-trinidad-espinoza-medina-cbt/

 

Report from 2020 at age 104 https://www.teletica.com/masqn/dona-trinidad-y-sus-historias-a-los-104-anos-de-vida_248676

1. This case is already known about and verified.
2. Nicoya, Guanacaste is in Costa Rica, not Nicaragua.

@mendocino thanks, i don't know why I put it here. I have even read some papers on the Nicoya peninsula recently. 

I couldn't find anything about her on any of the SC websites, though. Glad to know she is validated 

Last 3 posts moved here.

from mendocino:

Top 10 oldest (known) living men in Costa Rica

1. Bernabé Córdoba (b. 11 June 1915), 109, (Santa Ana, San José)
2. Jose Francisco Duarte Quesada (b. 30 October 1916), 108, (Pérez Zeledón, San José)
3. Anonymous (b. 20 September 1917), 107, (Limon, Limon)
4. Jose Rosales Vallejos (b. 17 February 1918), 106, (Santa Cruz, Guanacaste)
5. Anonymous (b. 24 March 1918), 106, (Limon, Limon)
6. Benitivo Arias Campos (b. 20 January 1919), 105, (Puriscal, San José)
7. Anonymous (b. 20 August 1919), 105, (Heredia, Heredia)
8. Antonio Camacho Mondragón (b. 17 January 1920), 104, (Heredia, Heredia)
9. Antonio Calderon Quesada (b. 1 February 1920), 104, (La Unión, Cartago)
10. Juan de Dios Ruiz (b. 8 March 1920), 104, (Nicoya, Guanacaste)

Note: These are just the cases that have been confirmed alive recently - there are a few other men born in 1917, 1918, and 1919 still listed in voter records, but I can't 100% confirm that they're still alive. The true top 10 is likely 105+. Cases without public reports are listed as "anonymous", but I researched and verified all of them.

from mendocino:

Top 10 oldest (known) living men in Costa Rica as of 23 November 2024

Updates: Two additional cases from 1919 confirmed alive; 1 case previously unconfirmed to be alive died: Ramon Reyes Navarrete (5 May 1919 - 20 November 2024). This means that the confirmed top 10 up until a few days ago was entirely born before the 1920s.

1. Bernabé Córdoba (b. 11 June 1915), 109, (Santa Ana, San José)
2. Jose Francisco Duarte Quesada (b. 30 October 1916), 108, (Pérez Zeledón, San José)
3. Anonymous (b. 20 September 1917), 107, (Limon, Limon)
4. Jose Rosales Vallejos (b. 17 February 1918), 106, (Santa Cruz, Guanacaste)
5. Anonymous (b. 24 March 1918), 106, (Limon, Limon)
6. Benitivo Arias Campos (b. 20 January 1919), 105, (Puriscal, San José)
7. Jose Acuña (b. 7 February 1919), 105, (San Sebiastian, San José)
8. Anonymous (b. 20 August 1919), 105, (Heredia, Heredia)
9. Juan Gabriel Vargas Duran (b. 10 Dec 1919), 104, (Palmares, Alajuela)
10. Antonio Camacho Mondragón (b. 17 January 1920), 104, (Heredia, Heredia)

Mr. José Francisco Duarte Quesada of Pérez Zeledón, San José, Costa Rica, sadly passed away on 26 December at the age of 108.

He was the second oldest knwon living man in Costa Rica.

Rest in Peace

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/jose-francisco-duarte-quesada/

he is the 16th oldest man in Costa Rican history

If no man born in 1916 is found in the country, he was the last man born in that year in Costa Rica.

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The Doyenne of Costa Rica, Ms. Marita del Carmen Camacho Quiros (born 10 March 1911, 112).

 

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on her 112th birthday in 2023.

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Ms. Marita del Carmen Camacho Quirós of Escazu, San Jose Province, Costa Rica turns 114 y.o.

She was born on 10 March 1911 in San Ramon, Alajuel, Costa Rica.

On 10 December 2020, following the passing of 111-year-old Claudia Soto Saborio, she became the oldest living person in Costa Rica.

She is the world's 15th known documented OLP.

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/marita-camacho-quiros/

LongeviQuest is pleased to confirm that Sra. Marita Camacho Quirós, former First Lady of Costa Rica, has reached the age of 114. Sra. Camacho Quirós is the oldest validated living person in Costa Rica, as well as the longest-living First Lady (or presidential spouse) in world history.

She celebrated her 114th birthday on 8 March 2025. Her grandson told LongeviQuest that the family chose to celebrate over the weekend to ensure that all family members could attend. He also reported that her health remains “stable and doing well.”

To mark this special occasion, LongeviQuest collected over 40 birthday messages from around the world and forwarded them to Sra. Marita Camacho Quirós’ family. Her grandson, touched by the heartfelt messages, shared that they carefully read each one. Both Sra. Marita Camacho and her family expressed their deep gratitude and appreciation. “They loved the messages so much,” he said.

Sra. Camacho Quiros was born in San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica on 10 March 1911, as the seventh daughter of Salustio Camacho Muñoz and Zeneida Quirós Quirós. Her second-cousin, Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921–1991), was the President of Costa Rica from 1974 to 1978.

She married Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich in Naranjo, Alajuela, Costa Rica on 16 April 1932. The couple adopted two children, Francisco José and Mauricio Orlich Camacho. Her husband served as the 34th President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966, during which time Sra. Camacho Quirós held the role of First Lady.

As First Lady, she traveled extensively and met with prominent historical figures, including Pope John XXIII, Francisco Franco, and U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. She also dedicated herself to social causes, advocating for the poor and spearheading initiatives to provide housing for those in need.

Sra. Camacho Quirós has spent her entire life in Costa Rica. Widowed in 1969, she now enjoys the company of her close family, including multiple great-grandchildren.

One of the few supercentenarians recognized for achievements beyond longevity, her status as a supercentenarian was formally documented in 2021 by Latin American Supercentenarians, based on research by Fabrizio Villatoro, who now leads LongeviQuest’s research efforts in Latin America.