The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja (Latin: Tunquensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia.
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:
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Bishops of Tunja
- Archbishops of Tunja Ángel María Ocampo Berrio SJ † (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 – present)
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