Diocese of

Chitré

Panama Panama

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Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chitré / Citren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Panamá

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.04.25 – ...):Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (56)Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (56)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chitré (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (56)Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (56)
(2013.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama)
President of Episcopal Conference of Panama

Humilis servus caritatis

Born:1968.03.18 (David, Panama)
Ordained Priest:1995.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:2013.07.06

Priest of Panamá (Panama) (1995.12.16 – 2013.04.25)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama) (2013.04.25 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (2016.01 – 2019.03.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (2019.03.11 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Torres Durán
(1999.07.02 – 2013.04.25)

Conságranos en la verdad

Born:1937.08.02 (Cartago, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1960.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1996.12.21
Died:2019.11.13 (Panamá, Panama † 82)

Titular Bishop of Abaradira (1996.11.29 – 1999.07.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1996.11.29 – 1999.07.02)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama) (1999.07.02 – 2013.04.25)

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (80)Bishop José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (80) (later Cardinal)
(1994.10.29 – 1999.07.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino
Bishop emeritus of David (Panama)

Præsumus si prosumus

Born:1944.02.24 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1969.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1986.01.18
Created Cardinal:2015.02.14

Titular Bishop of Parthenia (1985.12.30 – 1994.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1985.12.30 – 1994.10.29)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1992 – 1997)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama) (1994.10.29 – 1999.07.02)

Bishop of David (Panama) (1999.07.02 – 2024.02.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (2000 – 2004)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (2007.04 – 2013.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino (2015.02.14 [2015.10.18] – ...)

Bishop José María Carrizo Villarreal
(1963.01.21 – 1994.10.29)

Born:1918.08.05 (Panama)
Ordained Priest:1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1963.03.24
Died:1998.04.15 († 79)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama) (1963.01.21 – 1994.10.29)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (1971 – 1973)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (1982 – 1985)

Special Churches

Santiago de Veraguas (←), Penonomé (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,150 km²

Population: 187,000 Catholics (84.4% of 221,546 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes

Personnel: 41 priests (33 diocesan, 8 religious), 3 deacons, 49 religious (8 brothers, 41 sisters), 3 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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