The Diocese of Garagoa () is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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Colombia
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. It is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja.
Its
cathedral
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is Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, dedicated to
Our Lady of the Rosary
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, in the
episcopal see
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of
Garagoa
Garagoa () is a town and municipality in Colombia, located in the Boyacá Department. It covers an area of 191.75 km2 and the urban centre is located at an altitude of above sea level. Parts of the municipality reach altitudes of . It is the ...
,
Boyacá Department
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Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mount ...
.
History
* 26 April 1977: Established as Diocese of Garagoa, on territory split off from its metropolitan, the
Archdiocese of Tunja.
Statistics
, it pastorally served 174,000 Catholics (97.8% of 178,000 total) on 4,400 km² in 31 parishes and 2 missions with 48 priests (47 diocesan, 1 religious), 39 lay religious (1 brother, 38 sisters) and 12 seminarians.
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Suffragan Bishops of Garagoa''
* Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (1977.04.26 – death 1989.12.27), previously
Titular Bishop
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of
Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) as
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Archdiocese of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)
* Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1989.12.27 – death 2000.02.24), previously Bishop of
Jericó (Colombia) (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26)
* José Vicente Huertas Vargas (2000.06.23 – retired 2017.06.15)
* Julio Hernando García Peláez (2017.06.15 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of
Bida (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Cali (Colombia) (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05), Bishop of
Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (2010.06.05 – 2017.06.15) and
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Quibdó
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(Colombia) (2011.03 – 2013.01.30).
Coadjutor bishop
* (1989)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Misael Vacca Ramirez, appointed Bishop of Yopal in 2001
*
Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte, appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá in 2004
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Colombia
*
Roman Catholicism in Colombia
The Colombian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Colombia, is the branch of the Catholic Church in the South American nation of Colombia.
Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses and 5 ...
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tunja
Religious organizations established in 1977
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1977 establishments in Colombia
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