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
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Bishops
Ordinaries
José Antonio de la Peña y Navarro (1863–1877)
José María Cázares y Martínez (1878–1908), retired
José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán (1908–1909), resigned
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), resigned
José Salazar López (1967–1970), appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco (Cardinal in 1973)
Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1970–1974), resigned
José Esaul Robles Jiménez (1974–1993)
Carlos Suárez Cázares (1994–2006), resigned
Javier Navarro Rodríguez (2007–2025), retired
Joel Ocampo Gorostieta (2025–Present)
Coadjutor bishops
José de Jesús Fernández y Barragán (1899-1908)
José Salazar López (1961-1967); later made cardinal
Auxiliary bishops
Salvador Martinez Silva (1940-1951), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Jaime Calderón Calderón (2012-2018), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas
Francisco Figueroa Cervantes (2021-Present)
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)
Episcopal See
Zamora, Michoacán