Territorial_Prelature_of_Bocas_del_Toro

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Panama

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Buccae Taurinae) is a Latin ecclesiastical circumscription suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Panamá.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen (dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel), in Bocas del Toro, on Isla Colón, in Panama's western, Atlantic Bocas del Toro province.

History

It was established on 17 October 1962 as Territorial Prelature on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of David.

Prelate Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite, so far members of a Latin congregation)

Bishop-prelates of Boca del Toro

See also

References

  • "Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-17.[self-published source]

9.3416°N 82.2409°W / 9.3416; -82.2409



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