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Suffragan diocese Zamora, Spain

Diocese of Zamora

Zamoren(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Zamora Cathedral, in Zamora, Spain.

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Established
900
Catholics
165,000
Priests
114
Territory
6,984 km²

Parishes and churches

305 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Fernando Valera Sanchez
Born
7 March 1960
Birthplace
Bullas

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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.

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).