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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá (erected 28 August 1513 as the Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién) is a

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, and its

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s include

Chitré Chitré () is a city and corregimiento, the capital of the Panamanian province of Herrera. with a population of 9,092 as of 2010, and a metropolitan area population of 80,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of Chitré District. Chitré is loca ...

, Colón-Kuna Yala,

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, Penonomé and

Santiago de Veraguas Santiago de Veraguas () is the capital of the province of Veraguas, in the Republic of Panama, and the district or municipality of the same name. Located in the countryside next to the Pan American Highway. Bounded on the north by San Francisco Di ...

, as well as the Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro. The Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién was originally located upriver from the mouth of the

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on the

Gulf of Urabá The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of Colombia. It is part of the Caribbean Sea. It is a long, wide inlet located on the coast of Colombia, close to the connection of the continent to the Isthmus of Panama. The town of Turbo, ...

in the

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province.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 The see was moved to

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

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 Darién'' ''Erected August 28, 1513 '' * Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513–1519) ''(in Latin)'' ;''Diocese of Panamá'' ;''Archdiocese of Panamá'' ''Elevated: 29 November 1925'' * Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. (1933–1943) * Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F. (1945–1963) *

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(1964–1968) *

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, C.S.C. (1969–1994) *

José Dimas Cedeño Delgado José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (born 23 July 1933) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Panamá from 1994 to 2010, when his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI for reasons of age. Benedict appointed one of the Archbisho ...

(1994–2010); Archbishop Emeritus *

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 Galilean ...

, 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 *

, C.S.C. (1961-1964), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (later returned here as Archbishop0 *

Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhe ...

, S.V.D. (1965-1986), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of David *

José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (; born 24 February 1944), is a Spanish-born Panamanian friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of David, Panama, since 1999. On 4 J ...

, 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 José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, OSA, is the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Panama. He was born in Chitré, Panama, December 24, 1956, was ordained priest on December 17, 1983 in Chitre and was consecrated a bishop on April 17, 2004, tak ...

, 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 :

, O.S.A.

Territorial losses

References

External links

Arquidiócesis de Panamá
''official site (in Spanish)'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama Religious organizations established in the 1510s 1513 establishments in the Spanish Empire Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century A