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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Tunja

Colombia Colombia

History

  • 1880.07.29: Established as Diocese of Tunja / Tunquen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • 1964.06.20: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja / Tunquen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tunja (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (67)Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (67)
(1998.02.02 – ...)

Born:1942.04.08 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1967.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:1986.11.29

Titular Bishop of Aquae flaviae (1986.10.17 – 1998.02.02)

Vicar Apostolic of San Vicente – Puerto Leguízamo (Colombia) (1986.10.17 – 1998.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1998.02.02 – ...)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (2005.07 – 2008.07)

Archbishop Augusto Trujillo Arango
(1970.02.20 – 1998.02.02)

Animam pro ovibus

Born:1922.08.05 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1945.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:1957.06.09
Died:2007.02.24 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manizales (Colombia) (1957.04.25 – 1960.03.31)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1960.03.31 – 1970.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1970.02.20 – 1998.02.02)

Archbishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J.
(1964.06.20 – 1970.02.20)

Born:1897.12.09 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1930.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1942.08.16
Died:1991.04.20 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Arcadia (1942.06.23 – 1947.07.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1942.06.23 – 1947.07.19)

Bishop of Socorro y San Gil (Colombia) (1947.07.19 – 1950.12.06)

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1950.12.06 – 1964.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1964.06.20 – 1970.02.20)

Titular Archbishop of Castulo (1970.02.20 – 1973.03.10)

Bishops of Tunja (Roman Rite)

Bishop Angel Maria Ocampo Berrio, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1950.12.06 – 1964.06.20)

(see above)

Bishop Crisanto Luque Sánchez (later Cardinal)
(1932.09.09 – 1950.07.14)

Omnia e in Christus omnibus

Born:1889.02.01 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1916.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1931.05.03
Created Cardinal:1953.01.12
Died:1959.05.07 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Croae (1931.01.16 – 1932.09.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1931.01.16 – 1932.09.09)

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1932.09.09 – 1950.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07)

Military Vicar of Colombia (Colombia) (1950.07.14 – 1959.05.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1959.05.07)

President of Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia (1958 – 1959)

Bishop Eduardo Maldonado Calvo
(1905.06.24 – 1932.03.31)

Born:1860.09.02 (Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1885.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1905.11.05
Died:1932.03.31 († 71)

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1905.06.24 – 1932.03.31)

Bishop Giuseppe Benigno Perilla
(1887.03.17 – ?)

Born:1831.05.19

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1887.03.17 – ?)

Bishop Severo Garcia
(1881.11.18 – ?)

Born:1808

Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1881.11.18 – ?)

Former Prelates


as of 2010.03.13

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