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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá Roman Catholic archdiocese in Panama
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
- Vicente de Peraza, O.P. (1520–1526)[4]
- Martin de Bejar, O.F.M. (1527–1530)[4]
- Vicente de Valverde, O.P. (1533–)[4]
- Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. (1534–1537)[4]
- Pablo de Torres, O.P. (1546–1560)[4]
- Juan de Vaca, O.S.B. (1561–1565)[4]
- Francisco de Abrego O.S. (1566–1574)[4]
- Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (1576–1580)[4]
- Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. (1580–1583), Appointed Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca[4]
- Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (1587–1593), Appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada[4]
- Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J. (1594–1594)[5]
- Antonio Calderón de León (1598–1605), Appointed Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra[5]
- Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (1605–1612), Appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga[5]
- Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P. (1612–1624)[5]
- Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. (1625–1640)[5]
- Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. (1640–1652)[5]
- Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (1654–1660), Appointed Bishop of Cuzco[5]
- 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
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 G. 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
Current Bishops
Territorial losses
See also
References
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Panamá". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 272. (in Latin)
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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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