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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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle, in Tunja, Colombia.

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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.

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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.

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