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Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico

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Parishes
  
140

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
12,005 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Jaime Calderón Calderón

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alberto Suárez Inda

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Mexico

Bishop
  
Javier Navarro Rodríguez

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,629,000 1,465,000 (89.9%)

Established
  
26 January 1863 (154 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Zamora

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia, Zamora

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora (Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico) (erected 26 January 1863) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Morelia.

Contents

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)
  • Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta (1922 -1946)
  • José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1947 -1967)
  • José Salazar López (1967 -1970)
  • Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1970 -1974)
  • José Esaul Robles Jiménez (1974 -1993)
  • Carlos Suárez Cázares (1994 -2006)
  • Javier Navarro Rodríguez (2007–Present)

    • Institutions for Catholic Education

  • Seminary of Zamora
  • Institute Cázares

    • Some prominents which studied at the Seminario de Zamora:

  • Rafael Guízar y Valencia (1878-1938).
  • Agustín Magaña Méndez (1887 - 1983).
  • Antonio Guízar y Valencia (1879 - 1971).
  • José Ochoa Gutiérrez (1909-1984).
  • Luis Mena Arroyo (1920-2009).
  • Javier Lozano Barragán (1933-).
  • Francisco Valencia Ayala.
  • Raúl Duarte Castillo.
  • Jaime Calderón Calderón.
  • Ricardo González Sánchez.
  • Roberto García González.

    • Saints, blesseds 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).

    • Episcopal See

  • Zamora, Michoacán

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico Wikipedia
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