Diocese of Chiquinquirá, Colombia 🇨🇴

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Chiquinquirá / Chiquinquiren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tunja

Neighbouring Dioceses: La Dorada–Guaduas (←), Barrancabermeja (↑), Vélez (↑), Socorro y San Gil (↗), Tunja (→), Zipaquirá (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

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

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.07)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.06.06 – ...):

Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa (67)

Monsignors (5)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chiquinquirá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ramón Alberto Rolón Güepsa (67)
(2025.06.06 – ...)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Born:	1959.02.28 (Arboledas, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.12.01

Priest of Nueva Pamplona (Colombia) (1984.12.08 – 2012.10.27)

Bishop of Montería (Colombia) (2012.10.27 – 2025.06.06)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (2025.06.06 – ...)

Bishop Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte (79)
(2004.02.11 – 2025.06.06)

Bishop emeritus of Chiquinquirá (Colombia)

Born:	1947.05.11 (Samacá, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1973.09.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.04.22

Priest of Garagoa (Colombia) (1973.09.28 – 2004.02.11)

Bishop of Chiquinquirá (Colombia) (2004.02.11 – 2025.06.06)

Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón
(1998.02.02 – 2003.08.06)

Prædica verbum oportuna et inoportuna

Born:	1937.05.17 (Caqueza, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.03.25
Died:	2024.12.02 (Bogotá, Colombia † 87)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1962.09.22 – 1987.02.13)

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 Alvaro Raúl Jarro Tobos
(1984.06.19 – 1997.06.24)

Born:	1930.09.07 (Nobsa, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.08.15
Died:	2004.08.11 († 73)

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)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1934.10.07 (Manizales, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.15
Died:	2021.07.21 (Pereira, Colombia † 86)

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)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1996 – 2002)

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

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

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Chiquinquirá, Boyacá
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Moniquirá, Boyacá
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, Chiquinquirá, Boyacá
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

La Dorada–Guaduas (←), Barrancabermeja (↑), Vélez (↑), Socorro y San Gil (↗), Tunja (→), Zipaquirá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,019 km²

Population: 236,120 Catholics (96.9% of 243,650 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 116 priests (82 diocesan, 34 religious), 14 deacons, 197 religious (72 brothers, 125 sisters), 12 seminarians