Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacámbaro

Diocese of Tacámbaro Dioecesis Tacambarensis Diócesis de Tacámbaro
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Morelia
Statistics
Area	5,648 sq mi (14,630 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 362,000 346,000 (95.6%)
Parishes	41
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	26 July 1913 (108 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Garfias Merlos
Map
Website
www.diocesisdetacambaro.mx

The Diocese of Tacámbaro (Latin: Dioecesis Tacambarensis) 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. The diocese was erected on 26 July 1913. Its cathedra is found within , in the episcopal see of Tacámbaro, Michoacán.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• (1920 -1933)
• (1934 -1939), appointed Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa
• (1940 -1979)
• (1979 -1985), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila
• Alberto Suárez Inda (1985 -1995), appointed Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán; elevated to cardinal in 2015
• Rogelio Cabrera López (1996 -2001), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas
• José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F. (2002 - 2014)
• (2014 - )

Auxiliary bishop[]

• (1976-1979), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

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

Territorial losses[]

Episcopal See[]

• Tacámbaro, Michoacán

External links and references[]

• "Diocese of Tacámbaro". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

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