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Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Prelature
  • Erected: 17 October 1962
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Panamá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Panama
  • Square Kilometers: 8,115 (3,134 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Casa Cural, El Empalme, Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panamá
  • Telephone: 760-1173

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
17 October 1962ErectedDiocese of David (Bocas del Toro) Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196518,00038,00047.4%772,571173ap1967
197021,50040,77652.7%10102,15010174ap1971
197623,00045,00051.1%11112,09012144ap1977
198025,30055,50045.6%10102,53011144ap1981
199029,90064,70046.2%10102,99011134ap1991
199950,300100,70050.0%12124,1911294ap2000
200050,800101,70050.0%12124,2331294ap2001
200160,000123,56748.6%12125,0001294ap2002
200260,000123,56748.6%12125,0001295ap2003
200362,000124,00050.0%12125,1661295ap2004
200462,000124,00050.0%11115,6361195ap2005
201370,400140,30050.2%11116,4001545ap2014
201691,872172,69453.2%113146,5621446ap2017
201998,340184,87053.2%215175,7841557ap2020
2021101,120190,17053.2%113147,2221347ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 923, and Page 924

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