Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá

Archdiocese of Panamá Archidioecesis Panamensis
Catedral Metropolitan de Santa María la Antigua
Location
Country	Panama
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Panamá
Statistics
Area	13,275 km^2 (5,126 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 704,117 633,705 (90%)
Parishes	88
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 August 1513 (502 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
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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.^[1] 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)^[2]

Diocese of Panamá

Name changed December 7, 1520

• Vicente de Peraza, O.P. (1520–1526)^[3]
• Martin de Bejar, O.F.M. (1527–1530)^[4]
• Vicente de Valverde, O.P. (1533–)^[5]
• Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. (1534–1537)^[6]
• Pablo de Torres, O.P. (1546–1554)^[7]
• Juan de Vaca, O.S.B. (1561–1565)^[8]
• Francisco de Abrego O.S. (1566–1574)^[9]
• Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (1576–1580)^[10]
• Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. (1580–1583), Appointed Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca^[11]
• Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (1587–1593), Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada^[12]
• Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J. (1594–1594)^[13]
• Antonio Calderón de León (1598–1605), Appointed Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra^[14]
• Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (1605–1612), Appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga^[15]
• Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P. (1612–1624)^[16]
• Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. (1625–1640)^[17]
• Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. (1640–1652)^[18]
• Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (1654–1660), Appointed Bishop of Cuzco^[19]
• Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar (1662–)
• Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa (1667–1671)^[20]
• Antonio de León y Becerra (1671–1676), Appointed Bishop of Trujillo^[21]
• Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1677–1688)^[22]
• Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1689–1699)^[23]
• Juan de Argüelles O.S.A. (1699-1711), Appointed Bishop of Arequipa^[24]
• 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)
• "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Republic and Diocese of Panama". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Coordinates: 8°57′09″N 79°32′07″W / 8.9526°N 79.5352°W

References

1. 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
2. "Bishop Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
3. "Bishop Vicente de Peraza (Pirez), O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
4. "Bishop Martin de Bejar, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
5. "Bishop Vicente de Valverde, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
6. "Bishop Tomás de Berlanga, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
7. "Bishop Pablo de Torres, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
8. "Bishop Juan de Vaca (Baca), O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
9. "Bishop Francisco de Abrego, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
10. "Bishop Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
11. "Bishop Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
12. "Archbishop Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (Mechado)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
13. "Bishop Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
14. "Bishop Antonio Calderón de León" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
15. "Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
16. "Bishop Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
17. "Bishop Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
18. "Bishop Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
19. "Archbishop Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
20. "Bishop Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
21. "Bishop Antonio de León y Becerra" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
22. "Bishop Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
23. "Bishop Diego Ladrón de Guevara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015
24. "Bishop Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 15, 2015