Diocese of Chiquinquirá
| Diocese of Chiquinquirá | |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tunja |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte |
| Vicar General | Argemiro Sánchez Malagon |
| founding | 1977 |
| surface | 4,019 km² |
| Parishes | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 243,250 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 205,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 84.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,356 |
| Friars | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 97 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdechiquinquira.org/ |
The Diocese of Chiquinquirá ( lat. : Dioecesis Chiquinquirensis , span. : Diócesis de Chiquinquirá ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Chiquinquirá .
history
The diocese Chiquinquirá was on April 26, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. Erected with the papal bull Qui Divino Consilio from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Tunja and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Chiquinquirá
- Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo PSS , 1977–1983, then Bishop of Cúcuta
- Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos , 1984–1997, then military bishop of Colombia
- Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón , 1998–2003, then Bishop of Engativá
- Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte , since 2004