Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
Sancti Iacobi Veraguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
Latin rite diocese covering Veraguas province in western Panama, erected 13 July 1963. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Panama, its seat is the Cathedral of St. James the Apostle in Santiago de Veraguas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 July 1963
- Latin
- Sancti Iacobi Veraguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002973
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 181,900
- Population
- 214,525
- Catholic share
- 84.8%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 4,042
- Extent
- 11,239 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Audilio Aguilar Aguilar
- Born
- 4 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Cañazas
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
Cathedral of St. James the Apostle stands in Santiago de Veraguas, 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 Panama
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Panama.
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Vicariate of DariénDarién
- Archdiocese of PanamáPanamá
- Diocese of ChitréChitré
- Diocese of Colón-Kuna YalaColón-Kuna Yala
- Diocese of PenonoméPenonomé
- Territorial Prelature of Bocas del ToroBocas del Toro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Dating from 13 July 1963, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Panamá. Audilio Aguilar Aguilar, appointed in April 2013, is its current bishop.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Via Interamericana, Santiago de Veraguas, Panamá
- Telephone
- 958-7085
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].