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Suffragan diocese Garagoa, Colombia

Diocese of Garagoa

Garagoën(sis)

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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The address the register holds for Catedral de Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Chiquinquira, Garagoa, in Garagoa, Colombia.

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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.

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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.

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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.