Suffragan diocese Garagoa, Colombia
Diocese of Garagoa
Garagoën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1977
- Catholics
- 174,000
- Priests
- 53
- Territory
- 4,400 km²
Parishes and churches
33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaGaragoa · CathedralView parish
- El Divino Niño JesúsGaragoaView parish
- La Santísima TrinidadAlmeidaView parish
- Ntra Sra. del Rosario de ChiquinquiráGaragoaView parish
- Ntra Sra. del Rosario de ChiquinquiráRamiriquíView parish
- Ntra Sra. del Rosario de ChiquinquiráZetaquiraView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaLa CapillaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la PazBerbeoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del AmparoChinavitaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Buen ConsejoGuayataView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Buen ConsejoJenesanoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenGaragoaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenPaezView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenSan Luis De Gaceno - HorizontesView parish
- Parroquia de N. s. del Rosario de ChiquinquiráUmbitaView parish
- Parroquia de Ntra. Señora de la Medalla MilagrosaSanta MariaView parish
- Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de FátimaFátima (Ramiriquí)View parish
- Parroquia de San Antonio (Los Cedros)CampohermosoView parish
- Parroquia de San BartoloméSutatenzaView parish
- Parroquia de San EduardoSan EduardoView parish
- Parroquia de San JoaquínMirafloresView parish
- Parroquia de San JoséGuatequeView parish
- Parroquia de San JoséPachavitaView parish
- Parroquia de San LaureanoTibanáView parish
- Parroquia de san Luis BeltránSan Luis De GacenoView parish
- Parroquia de San Miguel ArcángelTenzaView parish
- Parroquia de San RafaelRondonView parish
- Parroquia de San SebastiánSomondocoView parish
- Parroquia de Santa Brígida (Icabuco)UmbitaView parish
- Parroquia de Santa Teresa de ÁvilaSan Luis De GacenoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Julio Hernando Garcia Pelaez
- Born
- 26 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Anserma
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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.
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.