Roman Catholic Diocese of Garagoa

Diocese of Garagoa

*Dioecesis Garagoënsis*
Diocese of Garagoa; Dioecesis Garagoënsis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Tunja
Statistics
Area	4,400 km2 (1,700 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 157,500; 155,500 (98.7%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	26 April 1977 (47 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Julio Hernando García Peláez
Map
Website
	www.diocesisdegaragoa.org

The Diocese of Garagoa (Latin: Garagoënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church Colombia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja.

Its cathedral is Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the episcopal see of Garagoa, Boyacá Department.

History

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

Statistics

As of 2014^[update], 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 Titular Bishop 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 Bida (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 Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia) (2011.03 – 2013.01.30).