Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja (Latin: Tunquensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia.
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Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 300,000 260,000 (86.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 29 July 1880 (140 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Santiago Apóstol |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos (elect) |
Bishops emeritus | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.arquidiocesisdetunja.org |
Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle
History
- 29 July 1880: Established as Diocese of Tunja from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
- 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- BVM Rosary in Chiquinquirá
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Bishops of Tunja
- Severo Garcia † (18 Nov 1881 – 19 Apr 1886) Resigned
- Giuseppe Benigno Perilla † (17 Mar 1887 – 13 Mar 1903) Died
- Eduardo Maldonado Calvo † (24 Jun 1905 – 31 Mar 1932) Died
- Crisanto Luque Sánchez † (9 Sep 1932 – 14 Jul 1950) Appointed, Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 1953)
- Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (see immed. below)
- Archbishops of Tunja
- Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (20 Jun 1964 – 20 Feb 1970) Resigned (also listed above)
- Augusto Trujillo Arango † (20 Feb 1970 – 2 Feb 1998) Resigned
- Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (2 Feb 1998 – 11 Feb 2020) Retired
- Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos (11 Feb 2020 -)
Auxiliary bishops
- Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda † (1882-1892), appointed Bishop of Antioquía
- Crisanto Luque y Sánchez † (1931-1932), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal
- Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros † (1967-1970), appointed Bishop of Jericó
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Norberto Forero y García † , appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona in 1951
- Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz, appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2003
- Jaime Muñoz Pedroza, appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2010
- Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz, appointed Bishop of Neiva in 2012
- Jaime Cristóbal Abril González, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 2016
- Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias, appointed Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia in 2016
Suffragan dioceses
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See also
- Roman Catholicism in Colombia
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