Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá

Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Panamensis
Catedral Metropolitan de Santa María la Antigua
Location
CountryPanama
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Panamá
Statistics
Area13,275 km2 (5,126 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
704,117
633,705 (90%)
Parishes88
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established28 August 1513 (510 years ago)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta
Bishops emeritusJosé Dimas Cedeño Delgado
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan 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.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Diocese of Santa María de La Antigua del Darién

Erected August 28, 1513

Diocese of Panamá
Name changed December 7, 1520
  • Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa (1667–1671)[5]
  • Antonio de León y Becerra (1671–1676), Appointed Bishop of Trujillo[7]
  • Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1677–1688)[7]
  • Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1689–1699)[7]
  • Juan de Argüelles O.S.A. (1699–1711), Appointed Bishop of Arequipa[7]
  • Juan José Llamas Rivas, O.C. (1714–1719)[7]
  • Bernardo de Serrada y Villate, O.C. (1720–1725)[7]
  • Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (1725–1731)[7]
  • 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 Manrique de Lara y Polanco (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 Telésforo Paúl, S.J. (1875–1884)
  • Jose Alejandro Peralta (1886–1899)
  • Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J. (1901–1911)
  • Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. (1912–1933)
Archdiocese of Panamá

Elevated: 29 November 1925

Coadjutor bishop

  • Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas (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 Gregorio 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 (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 (2015-2019)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • José María Carrizo Villarreal, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 1963
  • Rafael Valdivieso Miranda, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 2013

Current Bishops

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1534Diocese of Cartagena
1534Diocese of León en Nicaragua
1546Diocese of Popayán
1925Vicariate Apostolic of Darién
1955Diocese of David
1962Diocese of Chitré
1963Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
1993Diocese of Penonomé

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
  2. ↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
  3. ↑ 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
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 272. (in Latin)
  6. ↑ Eguiguren, Luis Antonio (1912). Catálogo histórico del claustro de la Universidad de San Marcos, 1576-1800. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. pp. 11. ISBN 9781168040367. Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 305. (in Latin)

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