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Diocese of Penonomé

Dioecesis Poenonomensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Edgardo Cedeño Muñoz, S.V.D., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 December 1993
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Panamá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Panama
  • Square Kilometers: 4,947 (1,910 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Via Miraflores, Apartado 0229-00028, Coclé, Penonomé, Panamá
  • Telephone: 997-7090

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 December 1993ErectedArchdiocese of Panamá (Coclé) Diocese of Penonomé (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999166,285195,87984.9%1411256,65113188ap2000
2000168,285197,87985.0%1421610,51710138ap2002
2002174,111204,55185.1%1321511,6074178ap2003
2003178,600204,55187.3%1431710,5056198ap2004
2013193,000255,00075.7%177248,0417248ap2014
2016217,000267,00081.3%1817356,20029258ap2017
2019226,200279,00081.1%177249,42592610ap2020
2021232,440286,68081.1%177249,68592610ap2022

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 86, Page 470, to Page 472

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