The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá ( la, Zipaquirensis) is a

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located in the city of

Zipaquirá Zipaquirá () is a municipality and city of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Its neighboring municipalities are Cogua and Nemocón to the north; Tocancipá to the east; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south; and Subachoque and Pacho ...

in the

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Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

in Colombia.

History

It was established on September 1, 1951, as the Diocese of Zipaquirá, from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bogotá.

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **Basilica de Santo Cristo de Ubaté,

Ubaté Ubaté (originally Villa San Diego de Ubaté) is a town and municipality in the Ubaté Province, part of Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Ubaté is the capital of the province with the same name and situated in the Ubaté–Chiquinquirá Vall ...

**Basilica de San Jacinto de Guasca,

Guasca Guasca is a Colombian town and municipality in the Guavio Province, part of the Cundinamarca Department located approximately 55 km from Bogotá passing through the town of La Calera, Cundinamarca or 65 km passing through Sopó. Guasca ...

. The

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá ( es, Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá) is an underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine underground in a halite mountain near the city of Zipaquirá, in Cundinamarca, Colombia. It ...

is in the diocese, but is administratively an ordinary church; the title "cathedral" is unofficial.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Tulio Botero Salazar Tulio is a male given name of Latin origin (originally Tullius), which means "the one who leads". It is a fairly common given name in Spanish-speaking countries. Other popular forms are Tullio (Italian) and Túlio (Portuguese). Given name or nickn ...

, C.M. (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08) Appointed, Archbishop of

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Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto Buenaventura (Spanish, 'good fortune', and the name of Saint Bonaventure) or Buena Ventura may refer to: People *Buenaventura Báez (1812-1884), president of the Dominican Republic for five terms * Buenaventura Bagaria (1882–1947), a Spanish sp ...

(1957.12.08 – 1974.07.08) * Rubén Buitrago Trujillo,

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(1974.07.08 – 1991.09.27)

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, ''Episcopologio agustiniano''. Agustiniana, Guadarrama (Madrid) 2014, vol. I, p. 399-401. *

Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal C.J.M. (born 29 March 1942) is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Cartagena in from 2008 to 2021. He was bishop of Zipaquirá from 1992 to 1994 and archbishop coadjutor of Cartagena ...

, C.I.M. (1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena * Héctor Cubillos Peña (2004.06.30 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Fernando Sabogal Viana Fernando Sabogal Viana (28 May 1941 − 1 December 2013) was a Colombian people, Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 22 January 1967, Viana was named auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá and was a ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 1996 *

Daniel Caro Borda Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 2000 *

Hernán Alvarado Solano Hernán Alvarado Solano (January 26, 1946 – January 31, 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Guapi, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insu ...

, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2001 *

Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in 2016

References

External links

GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Bogotá Christian organizations established in 1951 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Zipaquirá 1951 establishments in Colombia {{Colombia-RC-diocese-stub