José Dimas Cedeño Delgado

His Excellency
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Archbishop Emeritus of Panamá
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Panamá
Installed 18 April 1994
Term ended 18 February 2010
Predecessor Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C.
Successor José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.
Orders
Ordination 25 June 1961
by Francisco Beckmann, C.M.
Consecration 17 May 1975
by Edoardo Rovida
Personal details
Birth name José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Born July 23, 1933
Peña Blanca, Panama
Previous post
  • Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (1975-1994)
Styles of
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

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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