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.
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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.