Zipaquirá diocese
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| Country | Colombia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bogotá |
| Diocesan bishop | Héctor Cubillos Peña |
| Vicar General | Guillermo Olmos Olmos |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 7,163 km² |
| Parishes | 72 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 602,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 558,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 92.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 128 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,720 |
| Friars | 167 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 310 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad |
| address | Calle 5 N. 7-20 Zipaquirá [Cundinamarca] Colombia |
| Website | http://diocesisdezipaquira.org/ |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá ( lat. : Dioecesis Zipaquirensis , span. : Diócesis de Zipaquirá ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Zipaquirá .
history
The diocese Zipaquirá was on September 1, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from territory ceded by the Archdiocese of Bogotá and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Zipaquirá
- Tulio Botero Salazar CM , 1952–1957, then Archbishop of Medellín
- Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto , 1957–1974
- Rubén Buitrago Trujillo OAR , 1974-1991
- Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal CIM , 1992–2004, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena
- Héctor Cubillos Peña , since 2004