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Suffragan diocese Zamora, Mexico

Diocese of Zamora

Zamoren(sis) in Mexico

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, in Zamora, Mexico.

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Established
1863
Catholics
1,465,000
Priests
305
Territory
12,005 km²

Parishes and churches

152 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
Joel Ocampo Gorostieta
Born
21 August 1963
Birthplace
El Paso de Tierra Caliente

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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.

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.