Diocese of David
Daviden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · David, Panama
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 March 1955
- Latin
- Daviden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001283
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 457,200
- Population
- 396,000
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 8,965
- Extent
- 8,167 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra
- Born
- 24 February 1966
- Birthplace
- David
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Panamá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Panamá.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].