Bishop of David
Luis Enrique Saldaña Guerra, O.F.M., was born on February 24, 1966, in David, Panama. After studying philosophy at the Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala and theology at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in El Salvador, he attended specialized courses for vocation promoters and formators. He made his solemn profession on February 23, 2002, and was ordained a priest on April 29, 2006. He has held the following positions: guide and formator for novices and Franciscan friars; parochial vicar; guardian of the fraternities at the parishes of San Juan Bautista in Boquete (Panama), Nuestra Señora del Carmen in David (Panama), and San Antonio de Padua in Miraflores (Panama); guardian of the Virgen del Socorro fraternity in La Antigua (Guatemala); Franciscan Provincial Definitor for Panama (2008–2017); administrative director of the Pio XII Franciscan School in Boquete (Panama) and the San Francisco de Asís School in David (Panama); deputy director of the Obras Sociales del Santo Hermano Pedro in La Antigua (Guatemala); and, since 2021, Provincial Minister of the Franciscan Province of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Central America and the Caribbean, based in Guatemala).