Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá

Archdiocese of Panamá Archidioecesis Panamensis
File:Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana - Flickr - Jesús A Villamonte P. (3).jpg Catedral Metropolitan de Santa María la Antigua
Location
Country	Panama
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Panamá
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 704,117 633,705 (90%)
Parishes	88
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 August 1513 (511 years ago)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.
Auxiliary Bishops	Pablo Varela Server
Emeritus Bishops	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Map
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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, and its suffragan dioceses include Chitré, Colón-Kuna Yala, David, Penonomé and Santiago de Veraguas, 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 Atrato River on the Gulf of Urabá in the Castilla de Oro province. The see was moved to Panama City 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.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién

Erected August 28, 1513

• Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513–1519)

Diocese of Panamá

Name changed December 7, 1520

• 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. (1546–1554)
• Juan de Vaca, O.S.B. (1561–1565)
• Francisco de Abrego O.S. (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 de los Reyes (1654–1660)
• Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar (1662–)
• Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa (1667–1671)
• Antonio de León y Becerra (1671–1676)
• Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1677–1688)
• Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1689–1699)
• Juan de Argüelles O.S.A. (1699-1711)
• Juan José Llamas Rivas, O.C. (1714–1719)
• Bernardo de Serrada y Villate, 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 Castaneda Velásquez y Salazar (1742–1749)
• Felipe Manriquez de Lara (1749–1750)
• Juan B. Tabarga y Durana (1750–1750)
• Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M. (1750–1751)
• Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro (1751–1758)
• Juan Manuel Jerónimo 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 Santiago de Veraguas
1993		Diocese of Penonomé

External links and references

• Arquidiócesis de Panamá official site (in Spanish)
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