Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas

Diocese of Zacatecas

*Dioecesis Zacatecensis*

Diócesis de Zacatecas
Diocese of Zacatecas; Dioecesis Zacatecensis; Diócesis de Zacatecas
	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
	Coat of arms
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 (161 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francisco Robles Ortega
Bishops emeritus	Carlos Cabrero Romero
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The Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas (Latin: Dioecesis Zacatecensis) (erected 26 January 1863) is suffragan diocese to the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, in Mexico. Until 25 November 2006 it was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara, in Guadalajara, Mexico, .

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 Zacatecas, transferring him from his post as the first Bishop of Ensenada in Ensenada, Mexico, a suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province 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 then incardinated in the Diocese of Ciudad Obregón and was ordained a priest on October 7, 1976. 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, member of the Presbyteral Council, the College of Consultors, of the Council of Administration of the University of La Salle, diocesan assessor for the Family. Then, from 2006 to 2007, Fr Noriega served as Vicar General of the diocese. Then, on January 26, 2007, he was appointed the first Bishop of Ensenada, Mexico, and received Episcopal Ordination on 25 April 2007. ^[1]^[2]

Bishops

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), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Ignacio Placencia y Moreira (1922–1951), Archbishop (personal title)
Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1951–1954), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
Antonio López Aviña (1955–1961), appointed Archbishop of Durango
Adalberto Almeida y Merino (1962–1969), appointed Archbishop of Chihuahua
José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. (1970–1972), resigned
Rafael Muñoz Nuñez (1972–1984), appointed Bishop of Aguascalientes
Javier Lozano Barragán (1984–1997)
Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba (1999–2008)
Carlos Cabrero Romero (2008–2012), appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí
Sigifredo Noriega Barceló (since 2012)

Year	Along with	To form
1962	Diocese of Colima Archdiocese of Durango	Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar)