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Diocese of Garagoa

The Diocese of Garagoa 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.

History
• 26 April 1977: Established as Diocese of Garagoa, on territory split off from its metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Tunja. == Statistics ==
Statistics
, it pastorally served 174,000 Catholics (97.8% of 178,000 total) on 4,400 km² in 31 parishes and 2 missions with 48 priests (47 diocesan, 1 religious), 39 lay religious (1 brother, 38 sisters) and 12 seminarians. ==Bishops==
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries ;Suffragan Bishops of Garagoa • Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros (1977.04.26 – death 1989.12.27), previously Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04) • Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1989.12.27 – death 2000.02.24), previously Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26) • José Vicente Huertas Vargas (2000.06.23 – retired 2017.06.15) • Julio Hernando García Peláez (2017.06.15 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of Bida (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cali (Colombia) (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05), Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (2010.06.05 – 2017.06.15) and Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia) (2011.03 – 2013.01.30). Coadjutor bishop • (1989) Other priests of this diocese who became bishopsMisael Vacca Ramirez, appointed Bishop of Yopal in 2001 • Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte, appointed Bishop of Chiquinquirá in 2004 == See also ==
Sources and external links
• GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
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