Note XXIV-23 — Chapter XXIV · INDEPENDENCE OF THE ISTHMUS. 1801-1822.
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'Arrancó el ayuntamiento de Panamá con insidiosos manejos del gobierno de Cádiz el decreto de que fuese el R. Obispo removido de su silla.' Torrente, Hist. Rev., ii. 69. The name of the bishop was Joaquin Gonzalez, who died in July 1813. His successor was José Higinio Duran y Martel, mentioned as bishop for the first time in 1814, who was one of the signers of the independence—Bol. Of. (1868), 88—and still in office in 1821. See also Pan. Col. Doc., no. 125, MS.