Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
| Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas | |
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| Country | Panama |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Panama |
| Diocesan bishop | Audilio Aguilar Aguilar |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 11,239 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 251,000 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 226,000 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 90% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,520 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 29 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (2012 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Santiago Apóstol |
| Co-cathedral | Basílica de Jesús Nazareno (Parroquia San Miguel) |
The diocese of Santiago de Veraguas ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi Veraguensis , Spanish Diócesis de Santiago de Veraguas ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Santiago de Veraguas in Panama .
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese on July 13, 1963 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Panama and subordinated it to this as a suffragan . It includes the province of Veraguas .
Bishops of Santiago de Veraguas
- Marcos Gregorio McGrath CSC (March 3, 1964 - February 5, 1969, then Archbishop of Panama )
- Martin Legarra Tellechea OAR (April 3, 1969 - February 15, 1975)
- José Dimas Cedeño Delgado (February 15, 1975 - April 18, 1994, then Archbishop of Panama )
- Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez (December 17, 1994 - April 30, 2013)
- Audilio Aguilar Aguilar (since April 30, 2013)
Web links
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