The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja () is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

located in the city of

Tunja Tunja () is a municipality and city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 the municipality had a population of 172,548. It is the capital of B ...

in Colombia.

History

*29 July 1880: Established as Diocese of Tunja from the

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*20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **BVM Rosary in

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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

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(Cardinal in 1953) **Ángel María Ocampo Berrio † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (''see below'') * Archbishops of Tunja **Ángel María Ocampo Berrio † (20 Jun 1964 – 20 Feb 1970) Resigned (''also listed above'') **Augusto Trujillo Arango † (20 Feb 1970 – 2 Feb 1998) Resigned **

Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga (8 April 1942 – 2 August 2022) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate. Biography Castro Quiroga was born in Colombia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He served as the titular bishop of ''Aquae Flaviae'' ...

, I.M.C. † (2 Feb 1998 – 11 Feb 2020) Retired **Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos (11 Feb 2020 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

† (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 Norberto may refer to: *Norberto Alonso (born 1953), former Argentine football midfielder * Norberto Araujo (born 1978), Argentine football central defender * Norberto Aroldi (1932–1978), Argentine film actor and screenwriter *Norberto Barba (bor ...

†, 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 Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 2016 * Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias, appointed Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

* Duitama–Sogamoso *

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Sources

External links

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tunja Religious organizations established in 1880 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century Tunja {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub