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Archdiocese of Panamá, Panama 🇵🇦

Celebrations

History

  • 1513.08.28: Established as Diocese of Santa María la Antigua del Darién (from Diocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Sevilla)
  • 1520.12.07: Renamed as Diocese of Panamá / Panamen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1534.04.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cartagena
  • 1534.11.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of León
  • 1546.02.12: Became suffragan of Lima
  • 1546.08.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Popayán
  • 1836.04.22: Became suffragan of Santafé en Nueva Granada
  • 1900.06.20: Became suffragan of Cartagena
  • 1925.11.29: Promoted as Archdiocese of Panamá / Panamen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Darién and without ecclesiastical province)
  • 1955.03.06: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá / Panamen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see David and lost territory to establish Diocese of David)
  • 1962.07.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chitré and gained suffragan see Chitré
  • 1962.10.17: Gained suffragan see Bocas del Toro
  • 1963.07.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas and gained suffragan see Santiago de Veraguas
  • 1988.12.15: Gained suffragan see Colón
  • 1993.12.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Penonomé and gained suffragan see Penonomé

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Panamá (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (68)Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (68)
(2010.02.18 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)
Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Humildad Caridad Servicio

Archbishop José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (91)Archbishop José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (91)
(1994.04.18 – 2010.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Panamá (Panama)

Señor aumenta nuestra fe

Archbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C.
(1969.02.05 – 1994.04.18)

Amor sacerdos immolat

Archbishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez
(1964.03.03 – 1968.12.18)

Archbishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F.
(1955.03.06 – 1963.10.30)

Born:1883.07.23 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1913.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1940.07.07
Died:1963.10.30 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Telmissus (1940.05.25 – 1945.01.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1940.05.25 – 1945.01.13)

Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1945.01.13 – 1955.03.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1955.03.06 – 1963.10.30)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (1962 – 1963.10.30)

Archbishops of Panamá (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M.F.
(1945.01.13 – 1955.03.06)

(see above)

Archbishop Juan José Maíztegui y Besoitaiturria, C.M.F.
(1933.02.24 – 1943.09.28)

Born:1878.04.30 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1902.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:1926.10.17
Died:1943.09.28 († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Darién (Panama) (1926.07.14 – 1932)

Titular Bishop of Tanais (1926.07.14 – 1933.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1932 – 1933.02.24)

Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1933.02.24 – 1943.09.28)

Archbishop Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M.
(1925.11.29 – 1933.02.04)

Born:1855.06.25 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:1882.11.22
Consecrated Bishop:1912.08.18
Died:1933.02.04 († 77)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1912.03.21 – 1925.11.29)

Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1925.11.29 – 1933.02.04)

Bishops of Panamá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1912.03.21 – 1925.11.29)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J.
(1901.04.15 – 1911.10.21)

Born:1841.12.03 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1875.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:1901.07.14
Died:1911.10.21 († 69)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1901.04.15 – 1911.10.21)

Bishop Jose Alejandro Peralta
(1886 – 1899.07.08)

Born:1846.05.03
Ordained Priest:1871.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1886.10.24
Died:1899.07.08 († 53)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1886 – 1899.07.08)

Bishop José Telésphor Paúl Vargas, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1875.09.17 – 1884.08.06)

Born:1831.01.05
Ordained Priest:1855.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:1876.03.25
Died:1889.04.08 († 58)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1875.09.17 – 1884.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1884.08.06 – 1889.04.08)

Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra
(1870.03.21 – 1875.09.17)

Born:1824.01.04
Consecrated Bishop:1871.04.16
Died:1909.08.15 († 85)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1870.03.21 – 1875.09.17)

Bishop of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1875.09.17 – 1909.03.27)

Bishop Eduardo Vásquez, O.P.
(1856.12.12 – 1870.01.03)

Consecrated Bishop:1855.12.23
Died:1870.01.03

Titular Bishop of Lambaisis (1853.12.30 – 1856.12.12)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1856.12.12 – 1870.01.03)

Bishop Juan Francisco del Rosario Manfredo y Ballestas
(1847.04.21 – 1850.04.21)

Born:1781.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:1845.12.08
Died:1850.04.21 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1845.04.24 – 1847.04.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1845.04.24 – 1847.04.21)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1847.04.21 – 1850.04.21)

Bishop Juan José Cabarcas González y Argüello
(1835.07.24 – 1847.04.15)

Born:1774.05.27
Ordained Priest:1800.01.16
Consecrated Bishop:1836.03.19
Died:1847.04.15 († 72)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1835.07.24 – 1847.04.15)

Bishop José Higinio Durán y Martel, O. de M.
(1815.12.18 – 1823.10.22)

Born:1748.06.09 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:1816.08.04
Died:1823.10.22 († 75)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1815.12.18 – 1823.10.22)

Bishop-elect Simón López y García, C.O. (later Archbishop)
(1814 – 1815.12.18)

Born:1744.04.11 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1816.05.05
Died:1831.09.03 († 87)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1814 – 1815.12.18)

Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) (1815.12.18 – 1824.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) ([1824.09.27] 1824.11.16 – 1831.09.03)

Bishop Manuel Joaquín González de Acuña y Saenz
(1797.07.24 – 1813.07.20)

Born:1748.06.09
Died:1813.07.20 († 65)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1797.07.24 – 1813.07.20)

Bishop Remigio de La Santa y Ortega
(1792.06.18 – 1797.07.24)

Born:1745.10.01 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1792.12.23
Died:1818.11.14 († 73)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1792.06.18 – 1797.07.24)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1797.07.24 – 1816.08.10)

Bishop of Lérida (Spain) (1818.06.06 – 1818.11.14)

Bishop José Antonio Umeres de Miranda
(1777.12.15 – 1791.09.11)

Born:1715.01 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1745.11
Consecrated Bishop:1778
Died:1791.09.11 († 76)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1777.12.15 – 1791.09.11)

Bishop Francisco de los Ríos y Armengol, O.P.
(1770.05.28 – 1776.11.17)

Born:1720.09.17 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1772.08.09
Died:1776.11.17 († 56)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1770.05.28 – 1776.11.17)

Bishop Miguel Moreno y Ollo
(1763.12.19 – 1770.03.12)

Consecrated Bishop:1766.01
Died:1780.09.11

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1763.12.19 – 1770.03.12)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1770.03.12 – 1780.09.11)

Bishop Juan Manuel Jeronimo de Romaní y Carrillo
(1758.03.13 – 1763.09.26)

Born:1675.06.24 (Guam)
Died:1768.09.15 († 93)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1758.03.13 – 1763.09.26)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1763.09.26 – 1768.09.15)

Bishop Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro
(1751.05.17 – 1758.03.13)

Born:1695.12.03 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:1751.10
Died:1777.03.11 († 81)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1751.05.17 – 1758.03.13)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1758.03.13 – 1777.03.11)

Bishop Juan Bautista Tabarga
(1751 – 1751)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1751 – 1751)

Bishop-elect Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M.
(1750.09.23 – 1751.03.15)

Born:1694.02.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1718
Consecrated Bishop:1751.04.25
Died:1766.01.09 († 71)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1750.09.23 – 1751.03.15)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1751.03.15 – 1761.05.20)

Bishop-elect Felipe Manriquez de Lara
(1749.07.21 – 1750.02.23)

Born:1683.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:1750.10
Died:1763.01.31 († 79)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1749.07.21 – 1750.02.23)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1750.02.23 – 1763.01.31)

Bishop Juan de Castañeda
(1742 – 1749.01.20)

Born:1683.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:1743.12.14
Died:1762.02.22 († 78)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1742 – 1749.01.20)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1749.01.20 – 1762.02.22)

Bishop Diego de Salinas y Cabrera, O.E.S.A.
(1741 – 1741)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1741 – 1741)

Bishop Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón
(1731.12.17 – 1741.07.20)

Born:1684 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1724.10.08
Died:1747.04.01 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Draso (1724.02.14 – 1731.12.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1724.02.14 – 1731.12.17)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1731.12.17 – 1741.07.20)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1741.07.20 – 1747.04.01)

Bishop Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (later Archbishop)
(1725.12.19 – 1731.12.17)

Born:1674.10.04 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1726.09.08
Died:1746.12.18 († 72)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1725.12.19 – 1731.12.17)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1731.12.17 – 1742.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1742.01.22 – 1746.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1746.06.14 – 1746.12.18)

Bishop Bernardo Serrada, O. Carm.
(1720 – 1725.12.19)

Born:1672.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:1721.12.14
Died:1733.03.02 († 61)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1720 – 1725.12.19)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1725.12.19 – 1733.03.02)

Bishop Juan José Llamas Rivas, O. Carm.
(1714.06.13 – 1719.04.01)

Born:1659 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1714.11.04
Died:1719.04.01 († 59)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1714.06.13 – 1719.04.01)

Bishop Juan de Argüelles, O.E.S.A.
(1699.05.18 – 1711.03.21)

Born:1659
Consecrated Bishop:1701
Died:1712.01.23 († 52)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1699.05.18 – 1711.03.21)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1711.03.21 – 1712.01.23)

Fr. Juan de Argüelles, O.E.S.A.
(1699 – 1711)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1699 – 1711)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1711 – 1713 not possessed)

Bishop Diego Ladrón de Guevara
(1689 – 1699.04.11)

Born:1640
Died:1718 († 78)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1689 – 1699.04.11)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1699.04.11 – 1704.09.15)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1704.09.15 – 1718)

Bishop Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
(1676.11.16 – 1688.03.29)

Born:1624 (Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:1660
Died:1688.03.29 († 63)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1668.02.27 – 1676.11.16)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1676.11.16 – 1688.03.29)

Bishop Antonio de León y Becerra
(1672.03.21 – 1676.04.26)

Born:1631
Ordained Priest:1657
Consecrated Bishop:1673.07.29
Died:1708.08.28 († 76)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1672.03.21 – 1676.04.26)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1676.04.26 – 1677.02)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1677.02 – 1708.08.28)

Bishop Sancho Pardo Cárdenas y Figueroa
(1664.03.24 – 1671.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1665.05.17
Died:1671.01

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1664.03.24 – 1671.01)

Fr. Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar
(1662 – 1662.08.08)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1662 – 1662.08.08)

Bishop Bernardo de Isaguirre
(1654.05.18 – 1660)

Consecrated Bishop:1659.01.12
Died:1670.03.17

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1654.05.18 – 1660)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1662.07.31 – 1669.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1669.07.15 – 1670.03.17 not possessed)

Bishop Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T.
(1641.09.16 – 1652.04.11)

Born:1580 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1642.02.09
Died:1652.04.11 († 71)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) ([1640.10.15] 1641.09.16 – 1652.04.11)

Bishop Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem.
(1625.10.27 – 1640.10.22)

Born:1572 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1626.01.18
Died:1640.10.22 († 67)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) ([1625.05.08] 1625.10.27 – 1640.10.22)

Bishop Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P.
(1613.04.15 – 1624.08.18)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) ([1612.11.27] 1613.04.15 – 1624.08.18)

Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.E.S.A.
(1605.07.18 – 1612.05.07)

Born:1558.08.28
Died:1618.08.19 († 59)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1605.07.18 – 1612.05.07)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1612.05.07 – 1618.08.19)

Bishop Antonio Calderón de León
(1598.05.25 – 1605.07.05)

Bishop Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J.
(1594.07.27 – 1594.12)

Consecrated Bishop:1594.10.02
Died:1594.12

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1594.07.27 – 1594.12)

Bishop Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (later Archbishop)
(1587.04.27 – 1593.04.30)

Bishop-elect Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P.
(1580.10.20 – 1583.06.03)

Consecrated Bishop:1584
Died:1604.02.16

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1580.10.20 – 1583.06.03)

Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1583.06.03 – 1604.02.16)

Bishop Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H.
(1576.03.28 – 1580.04.04)

Consecrated Bishop:1571
Died:1580.04.04

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1570.09.04 – 1576.03.28)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1576.03.28 – 1580.04.04)

Bishop Francisco de Abrego
(1566.02.15 – 1574.07.26)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1566.02.15 – 1574.07.26)

Bishop Juan de Vaca, O.S.B.
(1561.07.27 – 1565)

Consecrated Bishop:1562.02.08
Died:1565

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1561.07.27 – 1565)

Bishop Pablo de Torres, O.P.
(1546.01.27 – 1560)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1546.01.27 – 1560)

Bishop Tomás de Berlanga, O.P.
(1534.02.11 – 1537)

Born:1486 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1534.05.17
Died:1551.08.08 († 64)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1534.02.11 – 1537)

Bishop Vicente de Valverde, O.P.
(1533 – ?)

Born:1490
Died:1543 († 53)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1533 – ?)

Bishop Martin de Bejar, O.F.M.
(1527 – 1530)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1527 – 1530)

Bishop Vicente de Peraza, O.P.
(1520.12.05 – 1526)

Consecrated Bishop:1521.04.01
Died:1553

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1520.12.05 – 1526)

Bishops of Santa María la Antigua del Darién (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M.
(1513.09.09 – 1519.12.24)

Born:1450 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1514.01.29
Died:1519.12.24 († 68)

Bishop of Santa María la Antigua del Darién (Panama) (1513.09.09 – 1519.12.24)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,957 km²

Population: 1,876,330 Catholics (85.0% of 2,208,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes

Personnel: 178 priests (90 diocesan, 88 religious), 56 deacons, 421 religious (165 brothers, 256 sisters), 42 seminarians