Diocese of Zamora in Mexico Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico Diócesis de Zamora in México | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Morelia |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,629,000 1,465,000 (89.9%) |
Parishes | 140 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 26 January 1863 (161 years ago) |
Cathedral |
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Javier Navarro Rodríguez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Garfias Merlos |
Map | |
The Diocese of Zamora ( Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. It was erected on 26 January 1863. It has two co-cathedrals in the episcopal see of Zamora, Michoacán: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Year | Along with | To form |
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1913 | Archdiocese of Michoacán | Diocese of Tacámbaro |