Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico
# Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico

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

## Bishops

### Ordinaries

* 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)

### Coadjutor bishop

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

### Auxiliary bishop

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

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* 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

## Institutions for Catholic Education

* Seminary of Zamora
* Institute Cázares

## Saints, beati, and servants of God of the Diocese of Zamora in Mexico

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

## Territorial losses

| Year | Along with | To form |
| - | - | - |
| 1913 | Archdiocese of Michoacán | Diocese of Tacámbaro |

## Episcopal See

* Zamora, Michoacán
