The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá () 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; Tabio, Cajicá and Sopó to the south, Tocancipá and Gachancipá to the east and ...

in the

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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 () 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 Department, Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is a touris ...

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

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08) Appointed, Archbishop of

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Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto Buenaventura (Spanish for '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), Spanish ...

(1957.12.08 – 1974.07.08) *

Rubén Buitrago Trujillo Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on the ...

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(1974.07.08 – 1991.09.27) Rafael Lazcano, ''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 Cartagen ...

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(1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena *

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(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 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 also named titula ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 1996 *

Daniel Caro Borda Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...

, 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. As a young boy, he studied at the Minor Seminary Nuestra Señora de la Asunción of Zipaquirá. He ...

, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2001 *

Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez Raul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French R ...

, 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