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Diocese of Zamora

Dioecesis Zamorensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valladolid
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 6,984 (2,697 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.obispadodezamora.es/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Puerta del Obispo 2, 49001 Zamora, Espana
  • Telephone: 980.53.18.02
  • Fax: 980.50.90.82

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10th CenturyErectedDiocese of Zamora (erected)
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Zamora (14 parishes in Valladolid) Archdiocese of Valladolid
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Zamora (5 parishes in Salamanca) Diocese of Salamanca
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Sale (Cañizal and Valcesade Guareña in Zamora) Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of León (18 parishes in Zamora) Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Astorga (12 parishes in Zamora) Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Oviedo (Benavente with 7 parishes) Diocese of Zamora

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950200,000200,000100.0%2284827672470426248ap1951
1970201,748.0%291893800157749270ap1971
1980185,623185,82599.9%2475930660690642272ap1981
1990181,000182,00099.5%2123024274736593303ap1991
1999168,449169,44999.4%2132724070135555304ap2000
2000168,449169,44999.4%2132623970435557304ap2001
2001167,620168,62099.4%2052422973132533304ap2002
2002166,140167,14099.4%2012322474130531304ap2003
2003165,940167,14099.3%1962121776429528304ap2004
2004164,228165,42899.3%1932221576331529304ap2005
2010165,000167,10098.7%1722119385427468303ap2011
2014155,943159,94397.5%1451716296222415303ap2015
2017151,460153,68998.5%122151371,10524401303ap2018
2020145,700148,08398.4%107171241,17523348303ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 538, and Page 539
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 271
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 339
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 376
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 421, and Page 422
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 449
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 402
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 91, to Page 92
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 456, to Page 460

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