Diocese of Chiquinquirá, Colombia

Bishop (2004.02.11 – ...):

Bishop Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte (75)

Bishops of Chiquinquirá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte (75)
(2004.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (2004.02.11 – ...)

Bishop emeritus of Engativá (Colombia)

Titular Bishop of Segia (1987.02.13 – 1998.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (1987.02.13 – 1998.02.02)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (1998.02.02 – 2003.08.06)

Bishop of Engativá (Colombia) (2003.08.06 – 2015.06.26)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (1984.06.19 – 1997.06.24)

Titular Bishop of Thasbalta (1997.06.24 – 1998.03.07)

Military Ordinary of Colombia (Colombia) (1997.06.24 – 2001.01.19)

Bishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. (later Archbishop)
(1977.04.26 – 1983.07.26)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1974.08.08 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1983.07.26)

Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia) (1983.07.26 – 1990.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1990.12.18 – 1997.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1997.02.13 – 2010.02.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Cartago (Colombia) (2010.05 – 2010.10.21)

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Area: 4,019 km²

Population: 234,370 Catholics (95.7% of 245,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 41 parishes, 2 missions, 88 priests (60 diocesan, 28 religious), 147 lay religious (54 brothers, 93 sisters), 20 seminarians (2020)

1977.04.26: Established as Diocese of Chiquinquirá / Chiquinquiren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja and became suffragan of Tunja)