| Diocese of Garagoa Dioecesis Garagoënsis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tunja |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,400 km (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 (47 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Julio Hernando García Peláez |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesisdegaragoa.org | |
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.
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
- 26 April 1977: Established as Diocese of Garagoa, on territory split off from its metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Tunja.
Statistics
As of 2014, 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 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
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
References
Sources and external links
| Catholic dioceses in Colombia | |
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| Province of Barranquilla | |
| Province of Bogotá | |
| Province of Bucaramanga | |
| Province of Cali | |
| Province of Cartagena | |
| Province of Florencia | |
| Province of Ibagué | |
| Province of Manizales | |
| Province of Medellín | |
| Province of Nueva Pamplona | |
| Province of Popayán | |
| Province of Santa Fe de Antioquia | |
| Province of Tunja | |
| Province of Villavicencio | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions |
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