José Dimas Cedeño Delgado

His Excellency

José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdiocesePanamá
Installed18 April 1994
Term ended18 February 2010
PredecessorMarcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C.
SuccessorJosé Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.
Previous post(s)
  • Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (1975-1994)
Orders
Ordination25 June 1961
by Francisco Beckmann, C.M.
Consecration17 May 1975
by Edoardo Rovida
Personal details
Born
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado

(1933-07-23) July 23, 1933 (age 91)
Peña Blanca, Panama
Styles of
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Reference styleHis Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (born 23 July 1933) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Panamá from 1994 to 2010, when his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI for reasons of age. Benedict appointed one of the Archbishop's Auxiliary Bishops, Bishop Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A., to serve as the next Metropolitan Archbishop of Panama.

Cedeño was ordained a priest in 1961 and was consecrated a bishop in 1975 when he became the bishop of the Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas. Cedeño succeeded Marcos Gregorio McGrath as the archbishop of Panama on 18 April 1994.

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