Diocese of Tacámbaro

Diocese of Tacámbaro

*Dioecesis Tacambarensis*

Diócesis de Tacámbaro
Diocese of Tacámbaro; Dioecesis Tacambarensis; Diócesis de Tacámbaro
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Morelia
Statistics
Area	5,648 sq mi (14,630 km2)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2006); 362,000; 346,000 (95.6%);
Parishes	41
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	26 July 1913 (113 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Jerome
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Armando Álvarez Cano
Map
Website
	www.diocesisdetacambaro.mx

The Diocese of Tacámbaro (Latin: Dioecesis Tacambarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. The diocese was erected on 26 July 1913. Its cathedra is found within Cathedral of St. Jerome, in the episcopal see of Tacámbaro, Michoacán.

Bishops

Leopoldo Lara y Torres (1920 – 1933), resigned
Manuel Pío López Estrada (1934 – 1939), appointed Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa
José Abraham Martínez Betancourt (1940 – 1979), retired
Luis Morales Reyes (1979 – 1985), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila
Alberto Suárez Inda (1985 – 1995), appointed Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Rogelio Cabrera López (1996 – 2001), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas
José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F. (2002 – 2014), retired
Gerardo Díaz Vázquez (2014 – 2023), appointed Bishop of Colima
Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (2024 – Present)

Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega (priest here, 1983-1991), appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca in 2003
Joel Ocampo Gorostieta, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero in 2019

Year	Along with	To form
1962	Diocese of Colima	Diocese of Apatzingan
1964	Diocese of Acapulco Diocese of Chilapa Diocese of Toluca	Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano