The Diocese of Tacámbaro () is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. The diocese is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Morelia. The diocese was erected on 26 July 1913. Its

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is found within Cathedral of St. Jerome, in the

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of Tacámbaro, Michoacán.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Leopoldo Lara y Torres (1920 -1933) * Manuel Pío López Estrada (1934 -1939), appointed Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa * José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1940 -1979) * Luis Morales Reyes (1979 -1985), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila *

Alberto Suárez Inda Alberto Suárez Inda (born 30 January 1939) is a Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Morelia from 1995 to 2016. Biography Alberto Suárez Inda was born in Celaya in Mexico on 30 January 1939. He studie ...

(1985 -1995), appointed Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán; elevated to

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in 2015 *

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, Guanaju ...

(1996 -2001), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas * José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F. (2002 - 2014) *

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(2014 - 2023)

Auxiliary bishop

* Luis Morales Reyes (1976-1979), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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(priest here, 1983-1991), appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca in 2003 * Joel Ocampo Gorostieta, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero in 2019

Territorial losses

Episcopal See

Tacámbaro Tacámbaro is a municipality in the western part 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 municipality's population was 81,105, po ...

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

External links and references

* Tacambaro Tacambaro, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas 1913 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub