Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas

Diocese of Zacatecas Dioecesis Tepicensis Diócesis de Zacatecas
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Luis Potosí
Metropolitan	Zacatecas, Zacatecas
Statistics
Area	22,788 sq mi (59,020 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2008) 1,380,000 1,124,000 (81.4%)
Parishes	108
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	26 January 1863 (153 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francisco Robles Ortega
Emeritus Bishops	Carlos Cabrero Romero

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas (Latin: Dioecesis Zacatecensis) (erected 26 January 1863) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara, in Guadalajara, Mexico, until 25 November 2006.

According to an official news release from the Holy See Press Office's Vatican Information Service (VIS), on August 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Sigifredo Noriega Barceló as the fifteenth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas, transferring him from his post as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ensenada in Ensenada, Mexico, which is a suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana in Tijuana, Mexico. Bishop Sigifredo Noriega Barceló was born in Granados, Sonora, Mexico, on October 12, 1951. He attended a Minor Seminary in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, then studied Philosophy in the Seminary of Montezuma in the United States. The Bishop then studied Theology in the Diocesan Seminary of Tijuana. Later he obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Theology Degree in Moral Theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome. He was ordained to the presbyterate (the Catholic priesthood) on October 7, 1976, and was then incardinated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregon, Mexico. As a priest, he held the following positions: priest, Spiritual Director and Vice-Rector of the Minor Seminary, Prefect of Studies in the Major Seminary, Diocesan Promoter of Vocations, a Member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, Council d Administration of the University of La Salle, Diocesan Assessor for the Family. Then, from 2006 to 2007, the Bishop served as Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregon. Then, on January 26, 2007, he was appointed the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ensenada, Mexico, and received Episcopal Ordination on 25 April 2007. ^[1][2]

Ordinaries

• Ignacio Mateo Guerra y Alba (1864–1871)
• José Maríe del Refugio Guerra y Alva (1872–1888)
• Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. (1888–1899)
• José Guadalupe de Jesús de Alba y Franco, O.F.M. (1899–1910)
• Miguel María de la Mora y Mora (1911–1922)
• Ignacio Placencia y Moreira (1922–1951)
• Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1951–1954)
• Antonio López Aviña (1955–1961)
• Adalberto Almeida y Merino (1962–1969)
• José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. (1970–1972)
• Rafael Muñoz Nuñez (1972–1984)
• Javier Lozano Barragán (1984–1996)
• Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba (1999–2008)
• Carlos Cabrero Romero (2008–2012)
• Sigifredo Noriega Barceló (since 2012)

Territorial losses

Episcopal See

• Zacatecas, Zacatecas

External links and references

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

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