Diocese of Zipaquirá

Dioecesis Zipaquirensis
Location
CountryColombia
Ecclesiastical provinceBogotá
Statistics
Area7,163 km2 (2,766 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
575,540
521,300 (90.6%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established1 September 1951 (72 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Santísima Trinidad
(Cathedral of the Holy Trinity)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopHéctor Cubillos Peña
Map
Website
diocesisdezipaquira.org
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá (Latin: Zipaquirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Zipaquirá in the Ecclesiastical province of Bogotá 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
    • Basilica de San Jacinto de Guasca, Guasca.

The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is in the diocese, but is administratively an ordinary church; the title "cathedral" is unofficial.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Fernando Sabogal Viana, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 1996
  • Daniel Caro Borda, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá in 2000
  • Hernán Alvarado Solano, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Guapi in 2001
  • Raúl Alfonso Carrillo Martínez, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán in 2016

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rafael Lazcano, Episcopologio agustiniano. Agustiniana, Guadarrama (Madrid) 2014, vol. I, p. 399-401.
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