Zamora (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Fernando Valera Sánchez, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 10th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valladolid
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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

Bernardo de Perigord † ( 1121 Appointed - Mar 1149 Died)
Martín Arias † ( 1217 Appointed - 21 Nov 1238 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Gonzalo Daza y Osorio † (12 Feb 1303 Appointed - 30 Apr 1311 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
Diego Fernandi † (14 May 1311 Appointed - )
Alfonso Fernández de Valencia † (23 Mar 1355 Appointed - )
Martín † (21 Jul 1363 Appointed - )
Álvaro † (27 Apr 1377 Appointed - )
Alfonso † (28 Jan 1383 Appointed - )
Alfonso de Egea † (20 Mar 1386 Appointed - 17 Mar 1395 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Juan Gonzalez Fernandez de Illescas † (17 Mar 1395 Appointed - 30 Jul 1403 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Alfonso de Illescas † (30 Jul 1403 Appointed - 23 Feb 1413 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Diego Gómez de Fuensalida † (23 Feb 1413 Appointed - 22 Dec 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Pedro Martínez † (19 Mar 1425 Appointed - 1438 Died)
Juan de Mella † (6 Apr 1440 Appointed - 20 May 1465 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo † ( 1467 Appointed - 30 Oct 1467 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Juan de Meneses † ( 1468 Appointed - Dec 1493 Died)
Diego de Deza, O.P. † (14 Apr 1494 Appointed - 23 Jun 1494 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Diego Meléndez de Valdés † (23 Jun 1494 Appointed - 27 Dec 1506 Died)
Antonio Acuña † (4 Jan 1507 Appointed - 23 Mar 1526 Died)
Francisco Mendoza † (3 Apr 1527 Appointed - 18 Jan 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
Pedro Manuel † (17 Jun 1534 Appointed - 9 Apr 1546 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz † (9 Apr 1546 Appointed - 1560 Died)
Alvaro Moscoso † (2 Jun 1561 Appointed - 1564 Died)
Juan Manuel de la Cerda † (19 Jan 1565 Appointed - 4 Jun 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † (30 Aug 1574 Appointed - 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Diego de Simancas † (13 Jun 1578 Appointed - 16 Oct 1583 Died)
Juan Ruiz Agüero † (19 Mar 1584 Appointed - 24 May 1595 Died)
Fernando Suárez de Figueroa † (26 Mar 1597 Appointed - 2 Aug 1608 Died)
Pedro Ponce de Léon, O.P. † (29 Mar 1610 Appointed - 1615 Resigned)
Juan Zapata Osorio † (16 Nov 1615 Appointed - 13 Jun 1621 Died)
Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. † (13 Jun 1622 Appointed - 29 Jan 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. † (12 Feb 1624 Appointed - 30 Aug 1624 Died)
Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. † (17 Mar 1625 Appointed - 5 Jul 1627 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Juan Pérez de la Serna † (19 Jul 1627 Appointed - 8 Aug 1631 Died)
Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor † (9 Jan 1634 Confirmed - 11 Nov 1637 Died)
Juan de la Torre Ayala † (13 Jun 1638 Appointed - 11 Sep 1638 Died)
Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval † (11 Apr 1639 Appointed - 11 Dec 1652 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Antonio Paiño Sevilla † (18 Aug 1653 Appointed - 25 Feb 1658 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Alfonso de Llaño Buelna † (18 Mar 1658 Confirmed - 19 Oct 1658 Died)
Alfonso de Sanvítores de la Portilla, O.S.B. † (27 Jan 1659 Confirmed - 14 Jul 1660 Died)
Diego García de Trasmiera † (6 Dec 1660 Appointed - 26 Jan 1661 Died)
Pedro Gálvez † (8 Aug 1661 Appointed - 18 Aug 1662 Died)
Lorenzo de Sotomayor, O.S. † (4 Jun 1663 Appointed - 28 Aug 1666 Died)
Antonio Rodríguez Castañon † (7 Mar 1667 Appointed - 27 Jan 1668 Died)
Dionisio Pérez Escobosa † (9 Jul 1668 Appointed - 1 Apr 1671 Died)
Juan Astorga de Castillo † (1 Jul 1671 Appointed - 4 Jan 1679 Died)
Alfonso de Balmaseda, O.S.A. † (4 Sep 1679 Confirmed - 13 Sep 1684 Died)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. † (1 Oct 1685 Confirmed - 7 Jan 1693 Died)
Fernando Manuel de Mejía † (5 Oct 1693 Appointed - 15 Jan 1703 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales † (23 Apr 1703 Appointed - 14 Jan 1720 Died)
José Gabriel Zapata Illescas † (3 Jul 1720 Appointed - 3 Jan 1727 Died)
Jacinto Arana Cuesta † (26 Jan 1728 Appointed - 23 Feb 1739 Died)
Cayetano Benítez de Lugo, O.P. † (22 Jun 1739 Appointed - 4 Sep 1739 Died)
Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar † (14 Dec 1739 Appointed - 20 Mar 1752 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Jaime Cortada y Brú † (24 Apr 1752 Appointed - 26 Sep 1753 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
José Gómez † (10 Dec 1753 Appointed - 14 Oct 1754 Died)
Isidro Alfonso Cavanillas † (12 May 1755 Appointed - 9 Nov 1766 Died)
Antonio Jorge y Galván † (27 Apr 1767 Appointed - 29 Jan 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Manuel Ferrer y Figueredo † (23 Jun 1777 Appointed - 14 Feb 1785 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Málaga)
Angel Molinos, O.P. † (19 Dec 1785 Appointed - 8 Aug 1786 Died)
Antonio Puñuela Alonso † (23 Apr 1787 Appointed - 23 Aug 1793 Died)
Ramón Falcón y Salcedo † (21 Feb 1794 Appointed - 28 Mar 1803 Confirmed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Joaquín Carrillo Mayoral † (26 Mar 1804 Appointed - 12 Feb 1810 Died)
Pedro Inguanzo Rivero † (26 Sep 1814 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1824 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Tomás La Iglesia España † (20 Dec 1824 Confirmed - 20 May 1834 Died)
Miguel José Irigoyen † (17 Dec 1847 Confirmed - 20 May 1850 Confirmed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Rafael Manso † (17 Feb 1851 Appointed - 28 Dec 1862 Died)
Bernardo Conde y Corral, O. Praem. † (16 Mar 1863 Confirmed - 1 Jul 1880 Died)
Tomás Belestá y Cambeses † (16 Dec 1880 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1892 Died)
Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez † (19 Jan 1893 Appointed - 9 Feb 1914 Died)
Antonio Álvaro y Ballano † (25 May 1914 Appointed - 31 Dec 1927 Died)
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena † (5 Feb 1929 Appointed - 22 Jan 1938 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Jaime Font y Andreu † (29 Mar 1944 Appointed - 13 May 1950 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
Eduardo Martinez González † (14 Dec 1950 Appointed - 31 Jan 1970 Resigned)
Ramón Buxarrais Ventura (16 Aug 1971 Appointed - 13 Apr 1973 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez † (11 Oct 1976 Appointed - 17 Oct 1991 Resigned)
Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya † (17 Oct 1991 Appointed - 13 Jan 2000 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
Casimiro López Llorente (2 Feb 2001 Appointed - 25 Apr 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana)
Gregorio Martínez Sacristán † (15 Dec 2006 Appointed - 20 Sep 2019 Died)
Fernando Valera Sánchez (30 Oct 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
10th Century	Erected		Diocese of Zamora (erected)
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Zamora (14 parishes in Valladolid)	Archdiocese of Valladolid
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Zamora (5 parishes in Salamanca)	Diocese of Salamanca
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Sale (Cañizal and Valcesade Guareña in Zamora)	Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of León (18 parishes in Zamora)	Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Astorga (12 parishes in Zamora)	Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Oviedo (Benavente with 7 parishes)	Diocese of Zamora

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 200,000 200,000 100.0% 228 48 276 724 70 426 248 ap1951

1970 201,748 .0% 291 89 380 0 157 749 270 ap1971

1980 185,623 185,825 99.9% 247 59 306 606 90 642 272 ap1981

1990 181,000 182,000 99.5% 212 30 242 747 36 593 303 ap1991

1999 168,449 169,449 99.4% 213 27 240 701 35 555 304 ap2000

2000 168,449 169,449 99.4% 213 26 239 704 35 557 304 ap2001

2001 167,620 168,620 99.4% 205 24 229 731 32 533 304 ap2002

2002 166,140 167,140 99.4% 201 23 224 741 30 531 304 ap2003

2003 165,940 167,140 99.3% 196 21 217 764 29 528 304 ap2004

2004 164,228 165,428 99.3% 193 22 215 763 31 529 304 ap2005

2010 165,000 167,100 98.7% 172 21 193 854 27 468 303 ap2011

2014 155,943 159,943 97.5% 145 17 162 962 22 415 303 ap2015

2017 151,460 153,689 98.5% 122 15 137 1,105 24 401 303 ap2018

2020 145,700 148,083 98.4% 107 17 124 1,175 23 348 303 ap2021

2022 142,475 144,808 98.4% 103 11 114 1,249 15 324 303 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	200,000	200,000	100.0%	228	48	276	724	70	426	248	ap1951
1970		201,748	.0%	291	89	380	0	157	749	270	ap1971
1980	185,623	185,825	99.9%	247	59	306	606	90	642	272	ap1981
1990	181,000	182,000	99.5%	212	30	242	747	36	593	303	ap1991
1999	168,449	169,449	99.4%	213	27	240	701	35	555	304	ap2000
2000	168,449	169,449	99.4%	213	26	239	704	35	557	304	ap2001
2001	167,620	168,620	99.4%	205	24	229	731	32	533	304	ap2002
2002	166,140	167,140	99.4%	201	23	224	741	30	531	304	ap2003
2003	165,940	167,140	99.3%	196	21	217	764	29	528	304	ap2004
2004	164,228	165,428	99.3%	193	22	215	763	31	529	304	ap2005
2010	165,000	167,100	98.7%	172	21	193	854	27	468	303	ap2011
2014	155,943	159,943	97.5%	145	17	162	962	22	415	303	ap2015
2017	151,460	153,689	98.5%	122	15	137	1,105	24	401	303	ap2018
2020	145,700	148,083	98.4%	107	17	124	1,175	23	348	303	ap2021
2022	142,475	144,808	98.4%	103	11	114	1,249	15	324	303	ap2023