Diocese of Zamora
Zamoren(sis) in Mexico
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zamora, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico, erected on 26 January 1863. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Morelia and its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 January 1863
- Latin
- Zamoren(sis) in Mexico
- Patron
- Virgen de la Esperanza
- Annuario code
- 001000231
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,465,000
- Population
- 1,629,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.9%
- Priests
- 305
- Catholics per priest
- 4,803
- Extent
- 12,005 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 122
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
- Joel Ocampo Gorostieta
- Born
- 21 August 1963
- Birthplace
- El Paso de Tierra Caliente
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary 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 Morelia
A suffragan of Morelia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MoreliaMorelia
- Diocese of ApatzingánAguililla
- Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro CárdenasCiudad Lázaro Cárdenas
- Diocese of TacámbaroTacámbaro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Zamora (Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico), a Latin Church jurisdiction erected on 26 January 1863, forms part of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. Unusually, its episcopal see at Zamora, Michoacán holds two co-cathedrals: the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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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.