Archdiocese of Tunja
| Archdiocese of Tunja Archidioecesis Tunquensis | |
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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 (146 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle, Tunja |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.arquidiocesisdetunja.org | |
Archdiocese of Tunja — 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:
- 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 SJ † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (see below)
- 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
Suffragan dioceses
- Chiquinquirá
- Duitama–Sogamoso
- Garagoa
- Yopal
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[1]
- Part of: Ecclesiastical Province of Tunja