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Roman Catholic Diocese of David

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Parishes
  
34

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Panama

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
8,167 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of David

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

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 396,000 351,000 (88.6%)

Established
  
6 March 1955 (62 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of David (erected 6 March 1955) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá. The diocese was founded in March 1955 and the Cathedral Church is the Catedral de San José, Chiriquí. The current Bishop is Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán.

Bishops

  • Tomas Alberto Clavel Méndez (1955–1964)
  • Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez (1964–1999)
  • José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1999 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of David Wikipedia
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