The Diocese of Zamora () 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), 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)
Territorial losses Year Along with To form 1913 Archdiocese of Michoacán Diocese of Tacámbaro
Episcopal See Zamora, Michoacán
See also Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Zamora de Hidalgo
External links and references Diócesis de Zamora official site (in Spanish)