The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá (Latin: Zipaquirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Zipaquirá in the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.
History
It was established on September 1, 1951, as the Diocese of Zipaquirá, from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá.
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is in the diocese, but is administratively an ordinary church; the title "cathedral" is unofficial.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
- Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1957.12.08 – 1974.07.08)
- Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. (1974.07.08 – 1991.09.27)[1]
- Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena
- Héctor Cubillos Peña (2004.06.30 – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Fernando Sabogal Viana, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 1996
- Daniel Caro Borda, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 2000
- Hernán Alvarado Solano, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2001
- Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in 2016
References
- 1.Rafael Lazcano, Episcopologio agustiniano. Agustiniana, Guadarrama (Madrid) 2014, vol. I, p. 399-401.