Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja (Latin: Tunquensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia.

Archdiocese of Tunja Archidioecesis Tunquensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Statistics
Area	3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 300,000 260,000 (86.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	29 July 1880 (145 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle, Tunja
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesisdetunja.org

Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle

History

• 29 July 1880: Established as Diocese of Tunja from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
• 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • BVM Rosary in Chiquinquirá

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Tunja
  • Severo Garcia † (18 Nov 1881 – 19 Apr 1886) Resigned
  • Giuseppe Benigno Perilla † (17 Mar 1887 – 13 Mar 1903) Died
  • Eduardo Maldonado Calvo † (24 Jun 1905 – 31 Mar 1932) Died
  • Crisanto Luque Sánchez † (9 Sep 1932 – 14 Jul 1950) Appointed, Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 1953)
  • Ángel María Ocampo Berrio SJ † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (see below)
• Archbishops of Tunja
  • Ángel María Ocampo Berrio SJ † (20 Jun 1964 – 20 Feb 1970) Resigned (also listed above)
  • Augusto Trujillo Arango † (20 Feb 1970 – 2 Feb 1998) Resigned
  • Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. † (2 Feb 1998 – 11 Feb 2020) Retired
  • Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos (11 Feb 2020 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

• Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda † (1882-1892), appointed Bishop of Antioquía
• Crisanto Luque y Sánchez † (1931-1932), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal
• Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros † (1967-1970), appointed Bishop of Jericó

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Norberto Forero y García †, appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona in 1951
• Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz, appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2003
• Jaime Muñoz Pedroza, appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2010
• Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz, appointed Bishop of Neiva in 2012
• Jaime Cristóbal Abril González, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 2016
• Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias, appointed Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

• Chiquinquirá
• Duitama–Sogamoso
• Garagoa
• Yopal

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia