The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae) is a Latin ecclesiastical circumscription suffragan to the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá, Archdiocese of Panamá.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen (dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel), in Bocas Town, Bocas del Toro, Bocas del Toro, on Isla Colón, in Panama's western, Atlantic Bocas del Toro province.
History
It was established on 17 October 1962 as Territorial Prelature on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of David.
Prelate Ordinaries
''(all Roman Rite, so far members of a Latin congregation)''
;''Bishop-prelates of Boca del Toro''
* Martin Legarra Tellechea, Order of Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (1963.11.06 – 1969.04.03), Titular Bishop of Luperciana (1965.03.18 – 1969.04.03); later Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas, Santiago de Veraguas (Panama) (1969.04.03 – 1975.02.15)
* José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. (1970.03.12 – 2008.05.01), Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1972.02.04 – 1977.11.18)
* Aníbal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. (2008.05.01 – ...)
See also
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama
References
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External links
GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links
Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama, Bocas del Toro
Territorial prelatures, Bocas
Christian organizations established in 1962, Bocas del Toro
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century, Bocas del Toro
1962 establishments in Panama
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Panamá
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