Roman Catholic Diocese of Garagoa
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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.
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Diocese of Garagoa Dioecesis Garagoënsis | |
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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 (47 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 |
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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.