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. 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.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 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 Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513–1519) (in Latin)
Diocese of Panamá
Archdiocese of Panamá Elevated: 29 November 1925 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)
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 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 José María Carrizo Villarreal, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 1963 Rafael Valdivieso Miranda, appointed Bishop of Chitré in 2013
Current Bishops Archbishop : Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.
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
See also Catholic Church in Panama
References
External links Arquidiócesis de Panamá official site (in Spanish)