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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré

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Country
  
Panama

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
6,225 km²

Parishes
  
22

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré

Metropolitan
  
Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 189,000 182,000 (96.3%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré (erected 21 July 1962) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá.

Ordinaries

  • José María Carrizo Villarreal (1963 - 1994)
  • José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1994 - 1999)
  • Fernando Torres Durán (1999 - 2013)
  • Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (since 2013)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Chitré Wikipedia