Suffragan diocese David, Panama
Diocese of David
Daviden(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of David is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Chiriquí, Panama, under the metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá. It was erected in 1955, and Bishop Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra was appointed in February 2024.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1955
- Catholics
- 457,200
- Priests
- 51
- Territory
- 8,167 km²
Parishes and churches
23 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San JoséDavid · CathedralView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónLa ConcepcionView parish
- María Reina de la PazDavidView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la CaridadVolcánView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesGualacaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Buen ConsejoLas LomasView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenDavidView parish
- Sagrada FamiliaDavidView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsDavidView parish
- San Antonio de PaduaPuerto ArmuellesView parish
- San Francisco de AsísDolegaView parish
- San FélixRemediosView parish
- San JoséToléView parish
- San Juan BautistaBoqueteView parish
- San Juan BautistaDavidView parish
- San Juan BoscoPedregalView parish
- San Juan María VianneyDavidView parish
- San LorenzoSan LorenzoView parish
- San Martín de PorresDavidView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelAlanjeView parish
- San Vicente de PaúlBugleView parish
- Santa María la AntiguaDavidView parish
- Verbo DivinoDavidView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra
- Born
- 24 February 1966
- Birthplace
- David
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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The cathedral
Catedral de San José stands in David, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Erected on 6 March 1955, the Roman Catholic Diocese of David is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Panamá. Its cathedral church is the Catedral de San José, Chiriquí, and its current leader is Bishop-elect Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra.