The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá (erected 28 August 1513 as the Diocese of Santa MarÃÂa 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 MarÃÂa 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. 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 MarÃÂa de La Antigua del Darién
Erected August 28, 1513
Diocese of Panamá
Archdiocese of Panamá
Elevated: 29 November 1925
Coadjutor bishop
Auxiliary bishops
- Juan José MaÃÂztegui 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
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