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The Roman Catholic Church in Panama is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are around 2.7 million Catholics in Panama and the country is divided into six dioceses, including one archdiocese. In addition, there is a Territorial Prelature and an Apostolic Vicariate.

The Diocese of Panama is thought to be the oldest in the Americas. It was set up in 1514, with the arrival of Franciscan missionaries.

The Catholic Church in Panama has favoured status, though all religions are free. ^{[citation needed]}

v t e Roman Catholicism in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

v t e Roman Catholicism in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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 The '''Roman Catholic Church in [[Panama]]''' is part of the worldwide [[Roman Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]].
-There are around 2.5 million Catholics in Panama and the country is divided into six [[diocese]]s, including one [[archdiocese]].  In addition, there is a [[Territorial Prelature]] and an [[Apostolic Vicariate]].
+There are around 2.7 million Catholics in Panama and the country is divided into six [[diocese]]s, including one [[archdiocese]].  In addition, there is a [[Territorial Prelature]] and an [[Apostolic Vicariate]].
 The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Panamá|Diocese of Panama]] is thought to be the oldest in the Americas. It was set up in 1514, with the arrival of [[Franciscan]] missionaries.