Diocese of Zamora
Zamoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zamora, Spain
Latin rite diocese in Castile and Leon, Spain, with origins in the 10th century. It has belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid since the Concordat of 1851 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valladolid. Its seat is the Romanesque Zamora Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 900
- Latin
- Zamoren(sis)
- Patron
- san Atilano
- Annuario code
- 001000230
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 165,000
- Population
- 167,100
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 1,447
- Extent
- 6,984 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Fernando Valera Sanchez
- Born
- 7 March 1960
- Birthplace
- Bullas
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Zamora Cathedral stands in Zamora, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Valladolid
A suffragan of Valladolid.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ValladolidValladolid
- Diocese of Ciudad RodrigoCiudad Rodrigo
- Diocese of SalamancaSalamanca
- Diocese of SegoviaSegovia
- Diocese of ÁvilaÁvila
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Spanish city of Zamora, within the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid, the Catholic Church maintains the Latin Diocese of Zamora (Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis).
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.