Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Spain

Diocese of Zamora

*Dioecesis Zamorensis*

Diócesis de Zamora
Diocese of Zamora; Dioecesis Zamorensis; Diócesis de Zamora
	Zamora Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Metropolitan	Valladolid
Coordinates	41°29′56″N 5°45′17″W / 41.4989°N 5.7547°W
Statistics
Area	6,984 km2 (2,697 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 167,100; 165,000 (98.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Mary Magdalene in Zamora
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Fernando Valera Sánchez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Luis Javier Argüello García
Map
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Zamora (Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Zamora in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.^[1]^[2]

History

Bishops of Zamora

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Diego de Deza, O.P. (14 Apr 1494 – 23 Jun 1494 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)^[3]
Diego Meléndez de Valdés (1494–1506 Died)^[4]
Antonio Acuña (4 Jan 1507 – 23 Mar 1526 Died)
Francisco Mendoza (3 Apr 1527 – 18 Jan 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia).^[5]
Pedro Manuel (17 Jun 1534 – 9 Apr 1546 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)^[6]
Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz (9 Apr 1546 – 1560 Died)^[7]
Alvaro Moscoso (2 Jun 1561 – 1564 Died)^[8]
Juan Manuel de la Cerda (19 Jan 1565 – 4 Jun 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) (30 Aug 1574 – 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Diego de Simancas (13 Jun 1578 – 16 Oct 1583 Died)^[9]^[10]
Juan Ruiz Agüero (19 Mar 1584 – 24 May 1595 Died)
Fernando Suárez de Figueroa (26 Mar 1597 – 2 Aug 1608 Died)

Pedro Ponce de Léon (bishop of Zamora), O.P. (29 Mar 1610 – 1615 Resigned)^[11]
Juan Zapata Osorio (16 Nov 1615 – 13 Jun 1621 Died)
Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. (13 Jun 1622 – 29 Jan 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. (12 Feb 1624 – 30 Aug 1624 Died)
Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (17 Mar 1625 – 5 Jul 1627 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)^[12]
Juan Pérez de la Serna (19 Jul 1627 – 8 Aug 1631 Died)^[13]
Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor (9 Jan 1634 – 11 Nov 1637 Died)
Juan de la Torre Ayala (13 Jun 1638 – 11 Sep 1638 Died)
Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval (11 Apr 1639 – 11 Dec 1652 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Antonio Paiño Sevilla (18 Aug 1653 – 25 Feb 1658 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Alfonso de Llaño Buelna (18 Mar 1658 – 19 Oct 1658 Died)
Alfonso de Sanvítores de la Portilla, O.S.B. (27 Jan 1659 – 14 Jul 1660 Died)
Diego García de Trasmiera (6 Dec 1660 – 26 Jan 1661 Died)
Pedro Gálvez (8 Aug 1661 – 18 Aug 1662 Died)
Lorenzo de Sotomayor, O.S. (4 Jun 1663 – 28 Aug 1666 Died)
Antonio Rodríguez Castañon (7 Mar 1667 – 27 Jan 1668 Died)
Dionisio Pérez Escobosa (9 Jul 1668 – 1 Apr 1671 Died)
Juan Astorga de Castillo (1 Jul 1671 – 4 Jan 1679 Died)
Alfonso de Balmaseda, O.S.A. (4 Sep 1679 – 13 Sep 1684 Died)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. (1 Oct 1685 – 7 Jan 1693 Died)
Fernando Manuel de Mejía (5 Oct 1693 – 15 Jan 1703 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)

Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales (23 Apr 1703 – 14 Jan 1720 Died)
José Gabriel Zapata Illescas (3 Jul 1720 – 3 Jan 1727 Died)
Jacinto Arana Cuesta (26 Jan 1728 – 23 Feb 1739 Died)
Cayetano Benítez de Lugo, O.P. (22 Jun 1739 – 4 Sep 1739 Died)
Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar (14 Dec 1739 – 20 Mar 1752 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Jaime Cortada y Brú (24 Apr 1752 – 26 Sep 1753 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
José Gómez (10 Dec 1753 – 14 Oct 1754 Died)
Isidro Alfonso Cavanillas (12 May 1755 – 9 Nov 1766 Died)
Antonio Jorge y Galván (27 Apr 1767 – 29 Jan 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Manuel Ferrer y Figueredo (23 Jun 1777 – 14 Feb 1785 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Malaga)
Angel Molinos, O.P. (19 Dec 1785 – 8 Aug 1786 Died)
Antonio Puñuela Alonso (23 Apr 1787 – 23 Aug 1793 Died)
Ramón Falcón y Salcedo (21 Feb 1794 – 28 Mar 1803 Confirmed, Bishop of Cuenca)

Joaquín Carrillo Mayoral (26 Mar 1804 – 12 Feb 1810 Died)
Pedro Inguanzo Rivero (26 Sep 1814 – 27 Sep 1824 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Tomás La Iglesia España (20 Dec 1824 – 20 May 1834 Died)
Miguel José Irigoyen (17 Dec 1847 – 20 May 1850 Confirmed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Rafael Manso (17 Feb 1851 – 28 Dec 1862 Died)
Bernardo Conde y Corral, O. Praem. (16 Mar 1863 – 1 Jul 1880 Died)
Tomás Belestá y Cambeses (16 Dec 1880 – 6 Apr 1892 Died)
Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (19 Jan 1893 – 9 Feb 1914 Died)

Antonio Álvaro y Ballano (25 May 1914 – 31 Dec 1927 Died)
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (5 Feb 1929 – 22 Jan 1938 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Jaime Font y Andreu (29 Mar 1944 – 13 May 1950 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
Eduardo Martinez González (14 Dec 1950 – 31 Jan 1970 Resigned)
Ramón Buxarrais Ventura (16 Aug 1971 – 13 Apr 1973 Appointed, Bishop of Malaga)
Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez (11 Oct 1976 – 17 Oct 1991 Resigned)
Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya (17 Oct 1991 – 13 Jan 2000 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)

Casimiro López Llorente (2 February 2001 – 25 April 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana)
Gregorio Martínez Sacristán (15 December 2006 – 20 September 2019 Died)
Fernando Valera Sánchez (30 October 2020 appointed)

^ "Diocese of Zamora" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Diocese of Zamora" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Archbishop Diego de Deza, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
^ " Bishop Diego Meléndez de Valdés" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 18, 2016
^ "Bishop Francisco Mendoza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 30, 2016
^ "Archbishop Pedro Manuel" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Bishop Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016
^ "Bishop Alvaro Moscoso" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016
^ "Bishop Diego de Simancas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
^ "Bishop Diego de Simancas" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016
^ "Bishop Pedro Ponce de Léon, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 9, 2016
^ "Bishop Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 30, 2016
^ "Archbishop Juan Pérez de la Serna" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 30, 2016