Diocese of Chitré, Panama

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

1962.07.21: Established as Diocese of Chitré / Citren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá and became suffragan of Panamá)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (56)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chitré (Roman Rite)

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)

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

Cathedral: Catedral San Juan Bautista, Chitré, Herrera

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