Archdiocese of Tunja
| Archdiocese of Tunja | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Diocesan bishop | Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga IMC |
| founding | 1880 |
| surface | 3,379 km² |
| Parishes | 62 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 300,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 257,600 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 85.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 144 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,515 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 36 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 92 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Santiago |
| Website | www.arquidiocesisdetunja.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Chiquinquirá Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso Diocese of Garagoa Diocese of Yopal |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja ( lat. : Archidioecesis Tunquensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Tunja ) is an in Colombia situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Tunja .
history
The Archdiocese of Tunja was on July 29, 1880 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada as the Diocese of Tunja . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada as a suffragan . On July 17, 1893, the Diocese of Tunja gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Casanare . Another assignment of territory took place on March 7, 1955 to establish the diocese of Duitama .
On June 20, 1964 the Diocese of Tunja was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Immensa Christi . The Archdiocese of Tunja gave up on April 26, 1977 parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Chiquinquirá and Garagoa .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Tunja
- Severo Garcia , 1881-1886
- Giuseppe Benigno Perilla , 1887–1903
- Eduardo Maldonado Calvo , 1905-1932
- Crisanto Luque Sánchez , 1932–1950, then Archbishop of Bogotá
- Ángel María Ocampo Berrio SJ , 1950–1964
Archbishops of Tunja
- Ángel Maria Ocampo Berrio SJ, 1964–1970
- Augusto Trujillo Arango , 1970-1998
- Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga IMC , 1998-2020
- Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Tunja (Spanish)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Tunja on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Immensa Christi , AAS 57 (1965), n.5, p. 361f.