Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja (Latin: Tunquensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia.

Archdiocese of Tunja

Archidioecesis Tunquensis
Location
CountryColombia
Statistics
Area3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
300,000
260,000 (86.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established29 July 1880 (139 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Basílica de Santiago Apóstol
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopGabriel Ángel Villa Vahos (elect)
Bishops emeritusLuis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C.
Map
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

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

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Colombia

Sources



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