Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro
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Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro
Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae
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Location | |
Country | Panama |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Panamá |
Metropolitan | Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 124,000 62,000 (50%) |
Parishes | 5 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 17 October 1962 (61 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Prelate | Aníbal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. |
Emeritus Bishops | José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. |
Map | |
File:Panama - Prelatura territoriale di Bocas del Toro.png |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae) is a Latin ecclesiastical circumscription suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen (dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel), in 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 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 – ...)
References
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Sources and External links
See also
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