Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá explained

Jurisdiction:	Metropolitan Archdiocese
Panamá
Latin:	Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Panamensis
Country:	Panama
Province:	Province of Panamá
Area Km2:	13,275
Population:	704,117
Population As Of:	2004
Catholics:	633,705
Catholics Percent:	90
Parishes:	88
Denomination:	Roman Catholic
Rite:	Roman Rite
Established:	28 August 1513 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Bishop Title:	Metropolitan Archbishop
Bishop:	Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta
Emeritus Bishops:	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Map:	Panama - Arcidiocesi di Panama.png

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá (erected 28 August 1513 as the Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, and its suffragan dioceses include Chitré, Colón-Kuna Yala, David, Penonomé and Santiago de Veraguas, as well as the Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro.^{[1] [2]} The Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién was originally located upriver from the mouth of the Atrato River on the Gulf of Urabá in the Castilla de Oro province.^[3] The see was moved to Panama City and renamed as the Diocese of Panamá on 7 December 1520 and elevated to an archdiocese on 29 November 1925. The current Metropolitan Archbishop of Panama is Archbishop Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del DariénErected August 28, 1513

• Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513–1519)^[4]

Diocese of Panamá

Archdiocese of PanamáElevated: 29 November 1925

• Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. (1933–1943)
• Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F. (1945–1963)
• Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez (1964–1968)
• Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. (1969–1994)
• José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (1994–2010); Archbishop Emeritus
• Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (2010–present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas (1845-1847)

Auxiliary bishops

• Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. (1932-1933), appointed Archbishop here
• Francisco Beckmann, C.M. (1940-1945), appointed Archbishop here
• Marcos G. McGrath, C.S.C. (1961-1964), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (later returned here as Archbishop0
• Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. (1965-1986), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of David
• José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1985-1994), appointed Bishop of Chitré; future Cardinal
• Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez (1985-1994), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas
• Fernando Torres Durán (1996-1999), appointed Bishop of Chitré
• José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (2004-2010), appointed Archbishop here
• Pablo Varela Server (2004-2019)
• Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean (2015-2019)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• José María Carrizo Villarreal, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 1963
• Rafael Valdivieso Miranda, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 2013

Current Bishops

• Archbishop : Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1534		Diocese of Cartagena
1534		Diocese of León en Nicaragua
1546		Diocese of Popayán
1925		Vicariate Apostolic of Darién
1955		Diocese of David
1962		Diocese of Chitré
1963		Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
1993		Diocese of Penonomé

See also

• Catholic Church in Panama

External links

• Arquidiócesis de Panamá official site (in Spanish)
• Web site: Archdiocese of Panamá. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2007-02-16.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Panamá . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. March 25, 2018.
2. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá . GCatholic.org. March 25, 2018.
3. Arzobispo de Panamá, Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panamá desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) |P. 5-7
4. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III. 268. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)