The Episcopal Conference of
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
is the union of all the bishops of
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
, which in turn are the holders of each diocese.
The Episcopal Conference of
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
forms a single Ecclesiastical Province, which consists of:
An
Archdiocese:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panama
Five
Dioceses
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
:
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitre
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas (erected 13 July 1963) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá. Appointed in April 2013, the current bishop is Audilio Aguilar Aguilar.
Current bishop Appointment
On Tuesday, April ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of David
The Roman Catholic Diocese of David (erected 6 March 1955) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá. The diocese was founded in March 1955. The cathedral church is the ''Catedral de San José'', Chiriquí.Roman Catholic Diocese of Colón-Kuna Yala
The Roman Catholic
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Penonomé
The Roman Catholic
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* Rome, the capital city of Italy
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An
Apostolic Vicariate:
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Apostolic Vicariate of Darien
A
Prelature
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:
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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae) is a Latin ecclesiastical circumscription suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nu ...
See also
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Catholic Church in Panama
The Catholic Church in Panama is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Panama Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Pope in Rome.
There are around 3.549 million Catholics in Panama, representing 55% of the p ...
References
External links
* http://www.iglesia.org.pa/nueva/
Panama
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Catholic Church in Panama
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