José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (born 23 July 1933) was the
Roman Catholic archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
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 Archbishop's Auxiliary Bishops,
Bishop Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A., to serve as the next Metropolitan Archbishop of Panama.
Cedeño was ordained a
priest in 1961 and was consecrated a bishop in 1975 when he became the
bishop of the
Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas. Cedeño succeeded
Marcos Gregorio McGrath as the archbishop of
Panama on 18 April 1994.
External links
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcedeno.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org Profile
1933 births
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Panama
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Panama
Living people
Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de Veraguas
Roman Catholic archbishops of Panamá
Panamanian Roman Catholic archbishops
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