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Diocese of

Garagoa

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Tunja

History

  • 1977.04.26: Established as Diocese of Garagoa / Garagoën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Garagoa (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Vicente Huertas Vargas (70)Bishop José Vicente Huertas Vargas (70)
(2000.06.23 – ...)

Born:1940.04.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:2000.08.04

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (2000.06.23 – ...)

Bishop Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo
(1989.12.27 – 2000.02.24)

Born:1924.12.10 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1953.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:1986.06.13
Died:2000.02.24 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1986.05.03 – 1989.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1986.05.03 – 1989.02.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1989.02.16 – 1989.12.27)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1989.12.27 – 2000.02.24)

Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros
(1977.04.26 – 1989.12.27)

Evangelizantes Jesum

Born:1918.06.12 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1967.05.01
Died:1989.12.27 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1989.12.27)

Former Prelates

as of 2010.07.20

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