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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá (erected 28 August 1513 as the Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién) is a
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, and its
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s include
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, Colón-Kuna Yala,
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, Penonomé and
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, as well as the Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro. The Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién was originally located upriver from the mouth of the
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on the
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in the
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province.Arzobispo de Panamá, Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panamá desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) , P. 5-7 The see was moved to
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and renamed as the Diocese of Panamá on 7 December 1520 and elevated to an archdiocese on 29 November 1925. The current Metropolitan Archbishop of Panama is Archbishop Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.


Bishops


Ordinaries

;''Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién'' ''Erected August 28, 1513 '' * Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513–1519) ''(in Latin)'' ;''Diocese of Panamá'' ;''Archdiocese of Panamá'' ''Elevated: 29 November 1925'' * Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. (1933–1943) * Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F. (1945–1963) *
Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomàs, a Catalan given name and surname * ...
(1964–1968) *
Marcos Gregorio McGrath Mark Gregory "Marcos Gregorio" McGrath, CSC (10 February 1924 – 4 August 2000), was an American-Panamanian Catholic prelate and priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Panamá and was a Coun ...
, C.S.C. (1969–1994) *
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (born 23 July 1933) was the Roman Catholic archbishop 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 Archbisho ...
(1994–2010); Archbishop Emeritus *
Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta Jose is the English language, English transliteration of the Hebrew language, Hebrew and Aramaic language, Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods *Jose ben Abin *Jos ...
, O.S.A. (2010–present)


Coadjutor bishop

*
Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...
(1845-1847)


Auxiliary bishops

* Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. (1932-1933), appointed Archbishop here * Francisco Beckmann, C.M. (1940-1945), appointed Archbishop here * Marcos G. McGrath, C.S.C. (1961-1964), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (later returned here as Archbishop0 * Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. (1965-1986), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of David * José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1985-1994), appointed Bishop of Chitré; future Cardinal * Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez (1985-1994), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas *
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 Panamá, ...
(1996-1999), appointed Bishop of Chitré * José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (2004-2010), appointed Archbishop here * Pablo Varela Server (2004-2019) *
Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean (1 February 1944 – 25 November 2020) was a Panamanian Roman Catholic bishop. Maclean was born in Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Cent ...
(2015-2019)


Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

*
José María Carrizo Villarreal José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 1963 * Rafael Valdivieso Miranda, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 2013


Current Bishops

*Archbishop :
Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta Jose is the English language, English transliteration of the Hebrew language, Hebrew and Aramaic language, Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods *Jose ben Abin *Jos ...
, O.S.A.


Territorial losses


See also

*
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 about 79% o ...


References


External links


Arquidiócesis de Panamá
''official site (in Spanish)'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panama, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama Religious organizations established in the 1510s 1513 establishments in the Spanish Empire Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century A