Diocese of David
| Diocese of David | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Panama |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Panama |
| Diocesan bishop | José Luis Cardinal Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR |
| founding | March 6, 1955 |
| surface | 6,476 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 471,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 415,480 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,840 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San José |
| Website | diocesis.diocesisdedavid.org |
The Diocese of David ( Latin Dioecesis Davidensis , Spanish Diócesis de David ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in David in Panama . It includes the province of Chiriquí .
Pope Pius XII founded with the bull Amantissimus Deus on March 6, 1955, the diocese of David from territory of the Archdiocese of Panama and subordinated it to this as a suffragan . On October 17, 1962, it ceded parts of its territory to the newly established territorial prelature Bocas del Toro .
Bishops of David
- Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez (July 24, 1955 - March 3, 1964), then Archbishop of Panama
- Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez (June 4, 1964 - January 11, 1999)
- José Luis Cardinal Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR (since July 2, 1999)
Web links
- Website of the diocese (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of David on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
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