Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bocas del Toro / Buccæ Taurinæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Panamá

1962.10.17: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro / Buccæ Taurinæ (Latin) (from Diocese of David and became suffragan of Panamá)

Address: Obispado, Calle Tercera, Apartado 0101-00018, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Phone: 757.92.58

Bishop-Prelate (2008.05.01 – ...):

Bishop Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. (66)

Prelates of Bocas del Toro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. (66)
(2008.05.01 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Bocas del Toro (Panama)

Bishop-Prelate of Bocas del Toro (Panama) (2008.05.01 – ...)

Bishop José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. (93)
(1970.03.12 – 2008.05.01)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Bocas del Toro (Panama)

Bishop-Prelate of Bocas del Toro (Panama) (1970.03.12 – 2008.05.01)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1972.02.04 – 1977.11.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Bocas del Toro (Panama) (1963.11.06 – 1969.04.03)

Titular Bishop of Luperciana (1965.03.18 – 1969.04.03)

Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama) (1969.04.03 – 1975.02.15)

Area: 8,974 km²

Population: 103,890 Catholics (53.2% of 195,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes, 46 missions

Personnel: 12 priests (3 diocesan, 9 religious), 13 religious (9 brothers, 4 sisters)