title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico
text: # 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
  