The
Roman Catholic
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*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
Diocese of Chitré (erected 21 July 1962) is a
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...
diocese
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 associ ...
of the
Archdiocese of Panamá.
Bishops
Ordinaries
*
José María Carrizo Villarreal (1963–1994)
*
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. (1994–1999), appointed Bishop of David; future Cardinal
*
Fernando Torres Durán
Fernando Torres Durán (2 August 1937 – 13 November 2019) was a Panamanian Roman Catholic bishop.
Durán was born in Colombia. He served as titular bishop of ''Abaradira'' and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panam ...
(1999–2013)
*
Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (since 2013)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
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, t ...
(priest here, 1983-1988), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá
See also
*
Catholic Church in Panama
References
External links
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Chitre
Chitre is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statist ...
Chitre
Chitre is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statist ...
Chitre
Chitre is a village development committee in Parbat District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statist ...
1962 establishments in Panama
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Panamá
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