Diocese of Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chiquinquirá, Colombia
Latin-rite diocese seated at Chiquinquira in the Boyaca department of Colombia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tunja. It was erected on 26 April 1977 from territory of the Archdiocese of Tunja. The city is home to the national Marian shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 April 1977
- Latin
- Chiquinquiren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001142
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 355,000
- Population
- 380,000
- Catholic share
- 93.4%
- Priests
- 116
- Catholics per priest
- 3,060
- Extent
- 4,019 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 88
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Ramon Alberto Rolon Guepsa
- Born
- 28 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Arboledas
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 del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Chiquinquirá stands in Chiquinquirá, 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 Duitama–SogamosoDuitama
- Diocese of GaragoaGaragoa
- Diocese of YopalYopal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].