Territorial prelature of Bocas del Toro
| Territorial prelature of Bocas del Toro | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Panama |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Panama |
| prelate | Anibal Saldaña Santamaría OAR |
| Emeritus prelate | José Agustín Ganuza García OAR |
| surface | 8,115 km² |
| Parishes | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 172,694 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 91,872 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 53.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,562 |
| Friars | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
The Territorial Prelature Bocas del Toro ( Latin Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae , Spanish Prelatura de Bocas del Toro ) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature based in Bocas del Toro in Panama .
Pope John XXIII founded with the Bull Novae Ecclesiae on October 17, 1962 the territorial prelature Bocas del Toro from territory ceded by the Diocese of David and subordinated it to the Archdiocese of Panama as a suffragan . It includes the Bocas del Toro Province and the Ngöbe-Buglé indigenous territory .
Prelates of Bocas del Toro
- Martin Legarra Tellechea OAR (November 6, 1963 - April 3, 1969, then Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas )
- José Agustín Ganuza García OAR (March 12, 1970 - May 1, 2008)
- Anibal Saldaña Santamaría OAR (since May 1, 2008)