Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá

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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, responsible for the dioceses of Chitré, Colón-Kuna Yala, David, Penonomé and Santiago de Veraguas, as well as the Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro. The see was renamed as the Diocese of Panamá on 7 December 1520 and elevated to an archdiocese on 29 November 1925.

1 Ordinaries
2 Bishops
3 Territorial losses
4 External links and References

[edit] Ordinaries

Juan de Quevedo Villegas, O.F.M. (1513 - 1519)
Vicente de Peraza, O.P. (1520 - 1526)
Martin de Bejar, O.F.M. (1527 - 1530)
Vicente de Valverde, O.P. (1533 - )
Tomás de Berlanga, O.P. (1534 - 1537)
Pablo de Torres, O.P. (1546 - 1560)
Juan de Vaca, O.S.B. (1561 - 1565)
Francisco de Abrego (1566 - 1574)
Manuel de Mercado Aldrete, O.S.H. (1576 - 1580)
Bartolomé de Ledesma, O.P. (1580 - 1583)
Bartolomé Martinez Menacho y Mesa (1587 - 1593)
Pedro Duque de Rivera, S.J. (1594 - 1594)
Antonio Calderón de León (1598 - 1605)
Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (1605 - 1612)
Francisco de la Cámara y Raya, O.P. (1612 - 1624)
Cristóbal Martínez de Salas, O. Praem. (1625 - 1640)
Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. (1640 - 1652)
Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes (1654 - 1660)
Diego López de Vergara y Aguilar (1662 - )
Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas (1667 - 1671)
Antonio de León y Becerra (1671 - 1676)
Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1677 - 1688)
Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1689 - 1699)
Juan José Llamas Rivas, O. Carm. (1714 - 1720)
Juan José de Llamas y Rivas, O.C. (1716 - 1719)
Bernardo Serrada, 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 Castañeda (1742 - 1749)
Felipe Manriquez de Lara (1749 - 1750)
Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M. (1750 - 1751)
Juan B. Tabarga (1751 - 1751)
Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro (1751 - 1758)
Juan Manuel Jeronimo 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 - )

[edit] Bishops

Archbishop : José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
O.S.A., Auxiliary Bishop : José Domingo Ulloa Mendiet
Auxiliary Bishop: Pablo Varela Serve

[edit] 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 Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
1993		Diocese of Diocese of Penonomé