Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico
Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico
Diocese of Zamora in Mexico Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico Diócesis de Zamora in México | |
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Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción de María | |
Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Morelia |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,629,000 1,465,000 (89.9%) |
Parishes | 140 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 26 January 1863 (161 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Javier Navarro Rodríguez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Garfias Merlos |
Map | |
The Diocese of Zamora (Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. It was erected on 26 January 1863. It has two co-cathedrals in the episcopal see of Zamora, Michoacán: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Bishops
Ordinaries
- José Antonio de la Peña y Navarro (1863-1877)
- José María Cázares y Martínez (1878-1908)
- José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán (1908-1909)
- José Othón Núñez y Zárate (1909-1922), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
- Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta (1922-1946)
- José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1947-1967)
- José Salazar López (1967-1970), appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco (Cardinal in 1973)
- Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1970-1974)
- José Esaul Robles Jiménez (1974-1993)
- Carlos Suárez Cázares (1994-2006)
- Javier Navarro Rodríguez (2007–Present)
Coadjutor bishop
- José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán (1899-1908)
- José Salazar López (1961-1967); later made cardinal
Auxiliary bishop
- Jaime Calderón Calderón (2012-2018), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Vicente Castellanos y Núñez, appointed Bishop of Campeche in 1912
- Antonio Guízar y Valencia, appointed Bishop of Chihuahua in 1920
- José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra, appointed Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo in 1961
- José de Jesús Garcia Ayala, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Campeche in 1963
- José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, appointed Bishop of Campeche in 1995
- José Armando Álvarez Cano, appointed Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca in 2011
- Rafael Valdéz Torres, appointed Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte in 2013
Institutions for Catholic Education
- Seminary of Zamora
- Institute Cázares
Saints, beati, and servants of God of the Diocese of Zamora in Mexico
- Rafael Guízar y Valencia (1878-1938)
- José Ma. Cázares y Martínez (1832-1909)
- José Sánchez del Río (1913-1928)
Territorial losses
Year | Along with | To form |
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1913 | Archdiocese of Michoacán | Diocese of Tacámbaro |
Episcopal See
See also
External links and references
- Diócesis de Zamora official site (in Spanish)
- "Diocese of Zamora". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico.
Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Zamora.
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- St. Felipe de Jesús, Franciscan cleric
- St. Peter Baptist, Franciscan priest
- St. Mateo Correa Magallanes
- St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado
- St. José María Robles Hurtado
- St. Toribio Romo González
- St. Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
- St. José Maria de Yermo y Parres
- St. Miguel Pro
- St. Anacleto González Flores
- St. José Sánchez del Río
- St. Rafael Guízar y Valencia
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