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Roman Catholic Diocese of Garagoa
The Diocese of Garagoa (Latin: Garagoënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja.
Diocese of Garagoa Dioecesis Garagoënsis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tunja |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,400 km2 (1,700 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 157,500 155,500 (98.7%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 26 April 1977 (46 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Julio Hernando García Peláez |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesisdegaragoa.org | |
Its cathedral is Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the episcopal see of Garagoa, Boyacá Department.
History edit
- 26 April 1977: Established as Diocese of Garagoa, on territory split off from its metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Tunja.
Statistics edit
As of 2014[update], 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 edit
Episcopal ordinaries edit
- Suffragan Bishops of Garagoa
- Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (1977.04.26 – death 1989.12.27), previously Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) as Auxiliary Bishop 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 of Quibdó (Colombia) (2011.03 – 2013.01.30).
Coadjutor bishop edit
- Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1989)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit
- Misael Vacca Ramirez, appointed Bishop of Yopal in 2001
- Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte, appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá in 2004
See also edit
References edit
Sources and external links edit
- GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
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