Diocese of

David

Panama

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 6,476 km²

Population: 445,550 Catholics (88.1% of 506,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 26 parishes, 3 missions, 50 priests (16 diocesan, 34 religious), 11 deacons, 35 lay religious (35 brothers), 3 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Panamá

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Isidro de El General (←), Bocas del Toro (↑), Santiago de Veraguas (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

History

1955.03.06: Established as Diocese of David / Daviden(sis) (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Panamá)
1962.10.17: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San José, David, Chiriquí

Present Prelates

Bishop (1999.07.02 – ...):

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (78)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino

Ordinaries

Bishops of David (Roman Rite)

Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (78)
(1999.07.02 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino
Bishop of David (Panama)

Præsumus si prosumus

Born:	1944.02.24 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1969.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.01.18
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14

Titular Bishop of Parthenia (1985.12.30 – 1994.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1985.12.30 – 1994.10.29)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1992 – 1997)

Bishop of Chitré (Panama) (1994.10.29 – 1999.07.02)

Bishop of David (Panama) (1999.07.02 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (2000 – 2004)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (2007.04 – 2013.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe da Copertino (2015.02.14 [2015.10.18] – ...)

Bishop Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez
(1964.06.04 – 1999.01.11)

Born:	1927.05.13 (Panama)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.08.02
Died:	1999.01.11 († 71)

Bishop of David (Panama) (1964.06.04 – 1999.01.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (1973 – 1977)

Bishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez (later Archbishop)
(1955.07.24 – 1964.03.03)

Born:	1921.12.21 (Panama)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.09.25
Died:	1988.10.13 († 66)

Bishop of David (Panama) (1955.07.24 – 1964.03.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Panama (1964 – 1967)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (1964 – 1971)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama) (1964.03.03 – 1968.12.18)

Titular Archbishop of Alessano (1968.12.18 – 1978.02.21)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Carlos Ambrosio Lewis, S.V.D. (1986.05.22 – 1994.04.18)

as of 2022.06.30

© 2022 GCatholic.org