History of Capitanejo

Bartolomé Aguilar considered the founder Capitanejo settled in, along with his general Don Jeronimo de Aguayo who continued to search for a suitable way to Malaga territory, Don Bartolomé Aguilar introduced the first houses, the first temple who gave as Patron Saint Barthelemy being the saint who bore his name, the first square and the first rectory. The semiparroquia of Capitanejo, became parish after lord had his first parish priest. He belonged to the Arquidiocecis Bucaramanga and in 1990 to the Diocese of Malaga to Soatá since its founding. Capitanejo is a Catholic, tourist town, has great traditions and customs, is a town of constant pregrinaciones the Marian Shrines. Capitanejo has the beautiful parish church and three chapels, has the main Algerian Durán Quintero park with trees and light winds, has the Spanish era houses, waterfalls, culture, captivating history and tradition.

His parish priests gentlemen who had lately and best known are the Father Luis Alfredo Sanchez in 1958 founded the present Divine Child High School and built the present parish church, Father Pedro Nel Landinez Crispin followed in the construction of the school, the priest Marco Antonio Jerez, was there 30 years and is well loved and remembered by all his parishioners; Father Victor Castro July school teacher: who were there 20 years; Father Ignacio López Barrera, Father Carlos Humberto Hernandez: who restored the temple and built the present rectory for 50 years in the same house in 2008; and current Father Felix Barajas Ramirez with Father Angelmiro Carrillo Carrillo, managed and brought the sacred image of the Lord of Miracles in Buga, still in the restoration of the temple and shrines. Capitanejo is warm and has