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The Diocese of Garagoa ( la, Garagoënsis) is a
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in the
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Archdiocese of Tunja. Its
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is Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, dedicated to
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,
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History

* 26 April 1977: Established as Diocese of Garagoa, on territory split off from its metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Tunja.


Statistics

, it pastorally served 174,000 Catholics (97.8% of 178,000 total) on 4,400 km² in 31 parishes and 2 missions with 48 priests (47 diocesan, 1 religious), 39 lay religious (1 brother, 38 sisters) and 12 seminarians.


Bishops


Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Garagoa'' * Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (1977.04.26 – death 1989.12.27), previously
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of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) * Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1989.12.27 – death 2000.02.24), previously Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26) * José Vicente Huertas Vargas (2000.06.23 – retired 2017.06.15) * Julio Hernando García Peláez (2017.06.15 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of
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(2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cali (Colombia) (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05), Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (2010.06.05 – 2017.06.15) and
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(Colombia) (2011.03 – 2013.01.30).


Coadjutor bishop

* Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1989)


Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Misael Vacca Ramirez, appointed Bishop of Yopal in 2001 * Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte, appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá in 2004


See also

*
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References


Sources and external links


GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tunja
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Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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