roman, catholic, archdiocese, tunja, latin, tunquensis, archdiocese, located, city, tunja, colombia, archdiocese, tunjaarchidioecesis, tunquensislocationcountrycolombiastatisticsarea3, population, total, catholics, 2004, 000260, informationritelatin, riteestab. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja Latin Tunquensis is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia Archdiocese of TunjaArchidioecesis TunquensisLocationCountryColombiaStatisticsArea3 621 km2 1 398 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 300 000260 000 86 7 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished29 July 1880 143 years ago CathedralCatedral Basilica de Santiago ApostolCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopGabriel Angel Villa VahosMapWebsitewww arquidiocesisdetunja orgCathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Bishops 3 1 Ordinaries 3 2 Auxiliary bishops 3 3 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 4 Suffragan dioceses 5 See also 6 Sources 7 External linksHistory edit29 July 1880 Established as Diocese of Tunja from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafe en Nueva Granada 20 June 1964 Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of TunjaSpecial churches editMinor Basilicas BVM Rosary in ChiquinquiraBishops editOrdinaries edit 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 Sanchez 9 Sep 1932 14 Jul 1950 Appointed Archbishop of Bogota Cardinal in 1953 Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio S J 6 Dec 1950 20 Jun 1964 Appointed Archbishop of Tunja see below Archbishops of Tunja Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio S J 20 Jun 1964 20 Feb 1970 Resigned also listed above Augusto Trujillo Arango 20 Feb 1970 2 Feb 1998 Resigned Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga I M C 2 Feb 1998 11 Feb 2020 Retired Gabriel Angel Villa Vahos 11 Feb 2020 present Auxiliary bishops edit Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda 1882 1892 appointed Bishop of Antioquia Crisanto Luque y Sanchez 1931 1932 appointed Bishop here future Cardinal Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros 1967 1970 appointed Bishop of JericoOther priests of this diocese who became bishops edit Norberto Forero y Garcia appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona in 1951 Carlos German Mesa Ruiz appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2003 Jaime Munoz Pedroza appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2010 Froilan Tiberio Casas Ortiz appointed Bishop of Neiva in 2012 Jaime Cristobal Abril Gonzalez appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 2016 Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias appointed Vicar Apostolic of San Andres y Providencia in 2016Suffragan dioceses editChiquinquira Duitama Sogamoso Garagoa YopalSee also editRoman Catholicism in ColombiaSources edit nbsp Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Tunja External links editGCatholic org Diocese website 5 31 56 N 73 21 41 W 5 5321 N 73 3613 W 5 5321 73 3613 nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Colombia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja amp oldid 1215420655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
