José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (born 23 July 1933) was the

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archbishop of the Archdiocese of Panamá from 1994 to 2010, when his resignation was accepted by

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for reasons of age. Benedict appointed one of the Archbishop's Auxiliary Bishops,

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Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galile ...

, O.S.A., to serve as the next Metropolitan Archbishop of Panama. Cedeño was ordained a

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in 1961 and was consecrated a bishop in 1975 when he became the

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of the Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas. Cedeño succeeded Marcos Gregorio McGrath as the archbishop of

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on 18 April 1994.

External links

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá
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