Diocese of Garagoa Dioecesis Garagoënsis | |
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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.