- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá (erected 28 August 1513 as the Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Chitré, Colón-Kuna Yala, David, Penonomé and Santiago de Veraguas, as well as the Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro. The see was 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.
Contents
Ordinaries
- Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513–1519)
- Vicente de Peraza, O.P. (1520–1526)
- Martin de Bejar, O.F.M. (1527–1530)
- Vicente de Valverde, O.P. (1533–)
- Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. (1534–1537)
- Pablo de Torres, O.P. (1546–1560)
- Juan de Vaca, O.S.B. (1561–1565)
- Francisco de Abrego (1566–1574)
- Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (1576–1580)
- Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. (1580–1583)
- Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (1587–1593)
- Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J. (1594–1594)
- Antonio Calderón de León (1598–1605)
- Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (1605–1612)
- Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P. (1612–1624)
- Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. (1625–1640)
- Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. (1640–1652)
- Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes (1654–1660)
- Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar (1662–)
- Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas (1667–1671)
- Antonio de León y Becerra (1671–1676)
- Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1677–1688)
- Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1689–1699)
- Juan José Llamas Rivas, O. Carm. (1714–1720)
- Juan José de Llamas y Rivas, O.C. (1716–1719)
- Bernardo Serrada, O.C. (1720–1725)
- Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (1725–1731)
- Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón (1731–1741)
- Diego de Salinas y Cabrera, O.S.A. (1741–1741)
- Juan de Castañeda (1742–1749)
- Felipe Manriquez de Lara (1749–1750)
- Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M. (1750–1751)
- Juan B. Tabarga (1751–1751)
- Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro (1751–1758)
- Juan Manuel Jeronimo de Romaní y Carrillo (1758–1763)
- Miguel Moreno y Ollo (1763–1770)
- Francisco de los Ríos y Armengol, O.P. (1770–1776)
- José Antonio Umeres de Miranda (1777–1791)
- Remigio de La Santa y Ortega (1792–1797)
- Manuel Joaquín González de Acuña y Saenz (1797–1813)
- Simón López García, C.O. (1814–1815)
- José Higinio Durán y Martel, O. de M. (1816–1823)
- Juan José Cabarcas González y Argüello (1835–1847)
- Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas (1847–1850)
- Eduardo Vásquez, O.P. (1856–1869)
- Ignacio Antonio Parra (1870–1875)
- José Telésphor Paúl Vargas, S.J. (1875–1884)
- Jose Alejandro Peralta (1886–1899)
- Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J. (1901–1911)
- Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. (1912–1933)
- Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F. (1933–1943)
- Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F. (1945–1963)
- Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez (1964–1968)
- Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. (1969–1994)
- José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (1994–2010); Archbishop Emeritus
- Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (2010-present)
Bishops
- Archbishop : Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.
- Auxiliary Bishop: Pablo Varela Serve
Territorial losses
Year Along with To form 1534 Diocese of Cartagena 1534 Diocese of León en Nicaragua 1546 Diocese of Popayán 1925 Vicariate Apostolic of Darién 1955 Diocese of David 1962 Diocese of Chitré 1963 Diocese of Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas 1993 Diocese of Diocese of Penonomé External links and references
- Arquidiócesis de Panamá official site (in Spanish)
- "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpana.html. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
"Republic and Diocese of Panama". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama
- Religious organizations established in the 1510s
- 1513 establishments
- Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century
- Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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