Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja (Tunquensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Tunja in Colombia.

History

 * 29 July 1880: Established as Diocese of Tunja from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
 * 20 June 1964: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja

Special churches

 * Minor Basilicas:
 * BVM Rosary in Chiquinquirá

Ordinaries

 * Bishops of Tunja
 * Severo Garcia † (18 Nov 1881 – 19 Apr 1886) Resigned
 * Giuseppe Benigno Perilla † (17 Mar 1887 – 13 Mar 1903) Died
 * Eduardo Maldonado Calvo † (24 Jun 1905 – 31 Mar 1932) Died
 * Crisanto Luque Sánchez † (9 Sep 1932 – 14 Jul 1950) Appointed, Archbishop of Bogotá (Cardinal in 1953)
 * Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (see below)
 * Archbishops of Tunja
 * Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † (20 Jun 1964 – 20 Feb 1970) Resigned (also listed above)
 * Augusto Trujillo Arango † (20 Feb 1970 – 2 Feb 1998) Resigned
 * Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. † (2 Feb 1998 – 11 Feb 2020) Retired
 * Gabriel Ángel Villa Vahos (11 Feb 2020 – present)

Auxiliary bishops

 * Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda † (1882-1892), appointed Bishop of Antioquía
 * Crisanto Luque y Sánchez † (1931-1932), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal
 * Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros † (1967-1970), appointed Bishop of Jericó

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Norberto Forero y García †, appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nueva Pamplona in 1951
 * Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz, appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2003
 * Jaime Muñoz Pedroza, appointed Bishop of Arauca in 2010
 * Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz, appointed Bishop of Neiva in 2012
 * Jaime Cristóbal Abril González, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Pamplona in 2016
 * Jaime Uriel Sanabria Arias, appointed Vicar Apostolic of San Andrés y Providencia in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

 * Chiquinquirá
 * Duitama–Sogamoso
 * Garagoa
 * Yopal