Diocese of Garagoa
Garagoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Garagoa, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese covering southeastern Boyaca department, Colombia, seated at Garagoa and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tunja. It was erected on 26 April 1977 from territory of the Archdiocese of Tunja. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira in Garagoa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 April 1977
- Latin
- Garagoën(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Amparo de Chinavita
- Annuario code
- 001001467
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 174,000
- Population
- 157,500
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 3,283
- Extent
- 4,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Julio Hernando Garcia Pelaez
- Born
- 26 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Anserma
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Chiquinquira, Garagoa stands in Garagoa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tunja
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tunja.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TunjaTunja
- Diocese of ChiquinquiráChiquinquirá
- Diocese of Duitama–SogamosoDuitama
- Diocese of YopalYopal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese in Colombia, Garagoa (Latin: Garagoënsis) serves as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja. Its episcopal seat is Garagoa in Boyacá Department, where the cathedral, the Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.