Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Zamora, Diocese of

ZAMORA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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ZAMORA, DIOCESE of. - City and diocese of the department of Morelia, which comprises almost half of the State of Michoacán, in Mexico.

It has an area of 12,000 sq km with a population of 420,730 inhabitants, of whom 419,900 are Catholics, distributed in 56 parishes served by 176 diocesan priests; it has 7 male religious communities and 46 female ones and two seminaries (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 462).

The city of Z., founded in 1540 by Antonio de Mendoza, was erected as a diocese by Pope Pius IX when the city of Michoacán (Morelia), of which it is a suffragan, became an archdiocese (May 8, 1863). The Cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and to St. Martin of Tours.

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BIBL.: C. Crivelli, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XV, p. 749; anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., LXX, p. 948.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1772.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zamora, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1772. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zamora-diocesi-di-2.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zamora, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1772. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zamora-diocesi-di-2.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Zamora, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1772},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zamora-diocesi-di-2}
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