Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

The Territorialprälatur Bocas del Toro (Latin: Territorialis Praelatura buccae Taurinae ) is a Roman Catholic Territorialprälatur based in Bocas del Toro in Panama.

Pope John XXIII. founded with the Bull Novae Ecclesiae on 17 October 1962, the Territorialprälatur Bocas out of territory of the diocese of David and imputed it to the Archdiocese of Panama suffragan. It includes the province of Bocas del Toro and the indigenous Ngöbe - Buglé territory.

Prelates of Bocas del Toro

  • Martin Legarra Tellechea OAR (6 November 1963-3. April 1969, then Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas )
  • José Agustín García Ganuza OAR (12 March 1970-1. May 2008)
  • Anibal Saldaña Santa María OAR, since May 1, 2008
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá Order of Augustinian Recollects Friar Bocas del Toro Province Roman Catholic Diocese of David Suffragan diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas
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