Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja

Catholic archdiocese 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 (143 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica de Santiago Apóstol
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos
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Website
www.arquidiocesisdetunja.org

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

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

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, S.J. † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (see below)
Archbishops of Tunja
- Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (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)

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