Apostolic Vicariate of Darién
Darienen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Darién, Panama
Latin rite apostolic vicariate covering the Darien jungle region of eastern Panama, erected 29 November 1925; it celebrated its centenary in 2025. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Meteti, within the ecclesiastical province of Panama.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 November 1925
- Latin
- Darienen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000398
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 44,700
- Population
- 55,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 13
- Catholics per priest
- 3,438
- Extent
- 16,671 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
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
- Vicar Apostolic
- Pedro Joaquin Hernandez Cantarero, C.M.F.
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 Our Lady of Guadalupe, Meteti stands in Darién, 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:
- Archdiocese of PanamáPanamá
- Diocese of ChitréChitré
- Diocese of Colón-Kuna YalaColón-Kuna Yala
- Diocese of PenonoméPenonomé
- Diocese of Santiago de VeraguasSantiago de Veraguas
- Territorial Prelature of Bocas del ToroBocas del Toro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Sede Episcopal, Metetí, Darién, Distrito de Pinogana, Panamá
- Telephone
- 299-6073
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices 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.
Catholic Intelligence
Get early access
We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].
One email at launch. Nothing else.
Already have access? Sign inSources
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.