Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá

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.

Diocese of Zipaquirá Dioecesis Zipaquirensis
Location
Country	Colombia
Ecclesiastical province	Bogotá
Statistics
Area	7,163 km2 (2,766 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 575,540 521,300 (90.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1 September 1951 (72 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (Cathedral of the Holy Trinity)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Héctor Cubillos Peña
Map
Website
diocesisdezipaquira.org

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity

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

• Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. (1952.05.01 – 1957.12.08) Appointed, Archbishop of Medellín
• Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto (1957.12.08 – 1974.07.08)
• Rubén Buitrago Trujillo, O.A.R. (1974.07.08 – 1991.09.27)
• Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (1992.11.09 – 2004.02.06) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena
• Héctor Cubillos Peña (2004.06.30 – present)

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

• Roman Catholicism in Colombia

External links

• GCatholic.org