The Diocese of Tacámbaro ( la, Dioecesis Tacambarensis) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Catholic Church
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. The diocese is a
suffragan in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. The diocese was erected on 26 July 1913. Its
cathedra is found within
Cathedral of St. Jerome, in the
episcopal see of
Tacámbaro, Michoacán.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Leopoldo Lara y Torres (1920 -1933)
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Manuel Pío López Estrada
Manuel may refer to:
People
* Manuel (name)
* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* Manu ...
(1934 -1939), appointed Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa
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José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1940 -1979)
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Luis Morales Reyes (1979 -1985), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila
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Alberto Suárez Inda (1985 -1995), appointed Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán; elevated to
cardinal in 2015
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Rogelio Cabrera López
Rogelio Cabrera López (born 24 January 1951) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the archbishop of Monterrey since 2012. He has been a bishop since 1996.
Biography
Rogelio Cabrera López was born in Santa Catarina, Guanajua ...
(1996 -2001), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas
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José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F. (2002 - 2014)
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Gerardo Díaz Vázquez (2014 - )
Auxiliary bishop
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Luis Morales Reyes (1976-1979), appointed Bishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
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Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega
Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to:
Association football
* Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator
* Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ...
(priest here, 1983-1991), appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca in 2003
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Joel Ocampo Gorostieta, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero in 2019
Territorial losses
Episcopal See
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Tacámbaro
Tacámbaro is a municipality located in the central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its largest city and municipal seat is Heroica Tacámbaro de Codallos.
The city is located at . In the 2020 census, the city's population was 81,105. ...
,
Michoacán
External links and references
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Tacambaro
Tacambaro, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas
Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas
1913 establishments in Mexico
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