The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunja () 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
Bishops 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 † (6 Dec 1950 – 20 Jun 1964) Appointed, Archbishop of Tunja (see below) Archbishops of Tunja Ángel María Ocampo Berrio † (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
See also Roman Catholicism in Colombia
Sources
External links GCatholic.org Diocese website