Diocese of Zamora in Mexico Dioecesis Zamorensis in Mexico Diócesis de Zamora in México
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción de María
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
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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

• José Antonio de la Peña y Navarro (1863-1877)
• José María Cázares y Martínez (1878-1908)
• José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán (1908-1909)
• José Othón Núñez y Zárate (1909-1922), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
• Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta (1922-1946)
• José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1947-1967)
• José Salazar López (1967-1970), appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco (Cardinal in 1973)
• Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1970-1974)
• José Esaul Robles Jiménez (1974-1993)
• Carlos Suárez Cázares (1994-2006)
• Javier Navarro Rodríguez (2007–Present)

• José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán (1899-1908)
• José Salazar López (1961-1967); later made cardinal

• Jaime Calderón Calderón (2012-2018), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas

• Vicente Castellanos y Núñez, appointed Bishop of Campeche in 1912
• Antonio Guízar y Valencia, appointed Bishop of Chihuahua in 1920
• José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra, appointed Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo in 1961
• José de Jesús Garcia Ayala, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Campeche in 1963
• José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, appointed Bishop of Campeche in 1995
• José Armando Álvarez Cano, appointed Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca in 2011
• Rafael Valdéz Torres, appointed Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte in 2013

• Seminary of Zamora
• Institute Cázares

• Rafael Guízar y Valencia (1878-1938)
• José Ma. Cázares y Martínez (1832-1909)
• José Sánchez del Río (1913-1928)

• Zamora, Michoacán

• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Zamora de Hidalgo

• Diócesis de Zamora official site (in Spanish)
• "Diocese of Zamora". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

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