History of Surata

Doctor José Marcos Moreno de la Parra, healing Valley Suratá, it was too late for the defense of the land: the visitor Francisco Antonio Moreno y Escandon arrived at the village on July 14, 1778 and ordered its termination, moving the Indians to the town of Tequia . This returned to the Crown lands shelter and neighbors who were living there would have to become parish. Although the Indians returned in 1779 only managed the mayor of mines allocated them a piece of land on the site Cartagua.

The November 20, 1778 a group of neighbors clinched before the mayor of the mining jurisdiction of Bucaramanga and streaks mortgage commitment, which initiated the necessary proceedings to erect a parish in the same place where he had been extinguished Indian village of Cácota of Suratá. Don Antonio Lobo Guerrero was commissioned as a proxy to the Archdiocesan Curia, but only in 1782 they were initiated. After the visit of the tax, based on the report submitted during the previous year the vicar Joseph Carrion and Ivory, was issued on January 9, 1783 the order of erection of the parish of Santo Ecce Homo Suratá recommending aggregation the La Baja feligresado this new parish. Archbishop-Viceroy Caballero y Góngora gave his confirmatory auto 28 next January and approved the plan to add Dr. Carrion parishioners of La Baja and streaks. Dr. Mark Joseph Moreno de la Parra, who had been since 1772 the village doctrinero Cácota which was deleted,