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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Tunja

Colombia Colombia

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Chiquinquirá, Duitama–Sogamoso, Garagoa, Yopal

History

  • 1880.07.29: Established as Diocese of Tunja / Tunquen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada)
  • 1893.07.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare
  • 1955.03.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Duitama
  • 1964.06.20: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja / Tunquen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1977.04.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chiquinquirá and Diocese of Garagoa

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1998.02.02 – ...):Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (69)Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (69)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tunja (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (69)Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. (69)
(1998.02.02 – ...)

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

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ (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 Croæ (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 2012.01.15

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