Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae
Location
Country	Panama
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Panamá
Metropolitan	Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A.
Statistics
Area	16,671 km2 (6,437 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 124,000 62,000 (50%)
Parishes	5
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	17 October 1962 (61 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Prelate	Aníbal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R.
Bishops emeritus	José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R.
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The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae) is a Latin ecclesiastical circumscription suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen (dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel), in Bocas del Toro, on Isla Colón, in Panama's western, Atlantic Bocas del Toro province.

History

It was established on 17 October 1962 as Territorial Prelature on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of David.

Prelate Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite, so far members of a Latin congregation)

Bishop-prelates of Boca del Toro

• Martin Legarra Tellechea, Order of Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (1963.11.06 – 1969.04.03), Titular Bishop of Luperciana (1965.03.18 – 1969.04.03); later Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas (Panama) (1969.04.03 – 1975.02.15)
• José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. (1970.03.12 – 2008.05.01), Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1972.02.04 – 1977.11.18)
• Aníbal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. (2008.05.01 – ...)

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Panama

References

• "Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-17.

External links

• GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links