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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 30, 2013,

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accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas submitted by the fourth bishop of the diocese, Bishop Oscar Brown Mario Jiménez, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Western-rite

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. Pope Francis appointed Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar, who until then had been serving as bishop of the

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, Panama, to serve as the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas.

Biography

Bishop Audilio Aguilar Aguilar was born on August 4, 1963, in

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, Panama, located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas. He completed his philosophical and theological studies in the major seminaries of the

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in Ecuador and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San José in Costa Rica. He earned a

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at the

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in Rome, Italy. He was ordained a priest on August 4, 1990, and incardinated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas. During his priestly ministry, he was spiritual director of the Diocesan Minor Seminary San Liborio, pastor of the Parish of San Francisco Javier in Cañazas, trainer and professor at the Major Seminary San Jose, Panama, assistant secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Panama, judge of the Ecclesiastical Court of Panama, pastor of the Parish of San Isidro Labrador in Sona, Panama, and parish priest of the Parish of San Miguel Arcangel (

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) in Atalaya, Panama. On June 18, 2005, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colón - Kuna Yala by Pope Emeritus

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, and on August 6, 2005, he was ordained a bishop. Since 2010, he has been serving as the vice president of the Episcopal Conference of Panama.

Ordinaries

* Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. (1964–1969), appointed Archbishop of Panamá * Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. (1969–1975) * José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (1975–1994), appointed Archbishop of Panamá * Oscar Brown Mario Jiménez (1994–2013) * Audilio Aguilar Aguilar (2013–present); previously, Bishop of the

, Panama

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Diocese Of Santiago De Veraguas

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 D ...

Santiago de Veraguas Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Panamá