Diocese of Zipaquirá Dioecesis Zipaquirensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bogotá |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,163 km2 (2,766 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 575,540 521,300 (90.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1 September 1951 (72 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (Cathedral of the Holy Trinity) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Héctor Cubillos Peña |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| diocesisdezipaquira.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá (Latin: Zipaquirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Zipaquirá in the ecclesiastical province of Bogotá in Colombia.
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History
It was established on September 1, 1951, as the Diocese of Zipaquirá, from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá.
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is in the diocese, but is administratively an ordinary church; the title "cathedral" is unofficial.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
- Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1957.12.08 – 1974.07.08)
- Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. (1974.07.08 – 1991.09.27)[1]
- Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena
- Héctor Cubillos Peña (2004.06.30 – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Fernando Sabogal Viana, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 1996
- Daniel Caro Borda, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 2000
- Hernán Alvarado Solano, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2001
- Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in 2016
See also
References
- ^ Rafael Lazcano, Episcopologio agustiniano. Agustiniana, Guadarrama (Madrid) 2014, vol. I, p. 399-401.
External links
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| Province of Barranquilla | |
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| Province of Bogotá | |
| Province of Bucaramanga | |
| Province of Cali | |
| Province of Cartagena | |
| Province of Florencia | |
| Province of Ibagué | |
| Province of Manizales | |
| Province of Medellín | |
| Province of Nueva Pamplona | |
| Province of Popayán | |
| Province of Santa Fe de Antioquia | |
| Province of Tunja | |
| Province of Villavicencio | |
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