Metropolitan see Tunja, Colombia
Archdiocese of Tunja
Tunquen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Tunja is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Boyaca department, Colombia, with suffragans Chiquinquira, Duitama-Sogamoso, Garagoa and Yopal. Erected as a diocese on 29 July 1880 from the Archdiocese of Santafe en Nueva Granada (Bogota), it was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 June 1964. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle in Tunja.
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- Established
- 1880
- Catholics
- 273,510
- Priests
- 181
- Territory
- 3,621 km²
Parishes and churches
69 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Santiago ApóstolTunja · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Cristo RedentorTunjaView parish
- Parroquia Cristo ReyTunjaView parish
- Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón de JesúsPalermoView parish
- Parroquia Divino NiñoSotaquiráView parish
- Parroquia Divino SalvadorTocaView parish
- Parroquia El Divino SalvadorIzaView parish
- Parroquia El Niño JesúsTunjaView parish
- Parroquia El Santo CristoCuítivaView parish
- Parroquia El Señor de la ColumnaTunjaView parish
- Parroquia El Señor de la Divina MisericordiaTunjaView parish
- Parroquia El Señor de los MilagrosCuítivaView parish
- Parroquia El Señor de los MilagrosSamacáView parish
- Parroquia Fray Arturo AyalaPaipaView parish
- Parroquia Jesús Buen PastorTunjaView parish
- Parroquia Jesús Buen PastorAquitaniaView parish
- Parroquia La Divina MisericordiaPaipaView parish
- Parroquia La Inmaculada ConcepciónTunjaView parish
- Parroquia La Inmaculada ConcepciónCómbitaView parish
- Parroquia La Inmaculada ConcepciónOicatáView parish
- Parroquia La Sagrada FamiliaTunjaView parish
- Parroquia La Santa CruzMotavitaView parish
- Parroquia La Santa CruzTunjaView parish
- Parroquia La Santísima TrinidadTunjaView parish
- Parroquia María AuxiliadoraTunjaView parish
- Parroquia María InmaculadaTunjaView parish
- Parroquia María InmaculadaCiénegaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de FátimaPaipaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la AntiguaNuevo ColónView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la EsperanzaTunjaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Gabriel Angel Villa Vahos
- Born
- 17 June 1962
- Birthplace
- Sopetrán
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle stands in Tunja, 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.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Diocese of Viviers publishes September 2026 parish newsletter
- Archdiocese of Tunja publishes Centro Pastoral de Catequesis
- Archdiocese of Tunja posts article with video
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