{"id":6521,"date":"2020-06-08T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T21:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sulpc.org\/portfolio-items\/saint-joseph-major-seminary-of-zipaquira\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:27:25","slug":"saint-joseph-major-seminary-of-zipaquira","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sulpc.org\/en\/portfolio-items\/saint-joseph-major-seminary-of-zipaquira\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Zipaquir\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Saint Joseph Major Seminary of Zipaquir\u00e1<\/h2>ZIPAQUIR\u00c1 - COLOMBIA<\/div><\/div>
\n<\/i>Barrio Julio Caro
\nCarrera 25 no 3-02
\nZipaquir\u00e1, Cundinamarca, Colombia.<\/p>\n<\/i>Contact: M. Manuel Bautista, PSS, Rector<\/p>\n<\/i>(57-1) 852-2680
\nFax: (57-1) 852-0205<\/p>\n<\/i>semayorzipa@hotmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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SAINT JOSEPH MAJOR SEMINARY OF ZIPAQUIR\u00c1<\/strong><\/h1><\/span>
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BRIEF HISTORY<\/h3>\n

In 1980, Bishop Rub\u00e9n Buitrago Trujillo, the third bishop of Zipaquir\u00e1, asked the Canadian Province of the Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice to establish the first seminary in his diocese. Accepting this invitation, the Canadian Province appointed Fr. Alfredo Botero Maya, PSS, as its first rector. He assumed leadership of the seminary in January 1981, along with a team composed of Sulpicians and priests from the diocese. <\/p>\n

During its first year, the seminary welcomed 28 seminarians, and its enrollment reached approximately 130 by the end of the 1990s. The rectors were Carlos Ball\u00e9n, PSS (1987) and Manuel Bautista, PSS (1994). <\/p>\n

The Seminary was run by the Sulpicians for 18 years, until the end of 1999. Thereafter, priests from the Diocese of Zipaquir\u00e1 assumed the direction of the Seminary <\/p>\n

In December 2007, the Provincial Council accepted a request from the new bishop, His Excellency H\u00e9ctor Cubillos, for a temporary collaboration with the Diocese of Zipaquir\u00e1. The Provincial Council appointed Fr. Hernando Chitiva, PSS, as rector effective January 2008. Since January 2011, Fr. Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Castro, PSS, as the new rector, has led the seminary. The formation team is composed of six priests from the diocese.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>