Archdiocese of Tunja
Tunquen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tunja, Colombia
The Archdiocese of Tunja is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Boyaca department, Colombia, with suffragans Chiquinquira, Duitama-Sogamoso, Garagoa and Yopal. Erected as a diocese on 29 July 1880 from the Archdiocese of Santafe en Nueva Granada (Bogota), it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 June 1964. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Tunja.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1880
- Latin
- Tunquen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000020
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 273,510
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.2%
- Priests
- 181
- Catholics per priest
- 1,511
- Extent
- 3,621 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
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
- Archbishop
- Gabriel Angel Villa Vahos
- Born
- 17 June 1962
- Birthplace
- Sopetrán
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
Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle stands in Tunja, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChiquinquiráChiquinquirá
- Diocese of Duitama–SogamosoDuitama
- Diocese of GaragoaGaragoa
- Diocese of YopalYopal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.