Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá

Archdiocese of Panamá Archidioecesis Panamensis
Catedral Metropolitan de Santa María la Antigua
Location
Country	Panama
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Panamá
Statistics
Area	13,275 km² (5,126 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 704,117 633,705 (90%)
Parishes	88
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 August 1513 (503 years ago)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta
Auxiliary Bishops	Pablo Varela Server
Emeritus Bishops	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado
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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, 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. 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.

Erected August 28, 1513

Name changed December 7, 1520