Diocese of Tacámbaro, Mexico 🇲🇽

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Tacámbaro / Tacambaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Morelia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (↙), Apatzingán (←), Zamora (↖), Morelia (↑), Toluca (→), Ciudad Altamirano (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1913.07.26: Established as Diocese of Tacámbaro / Tacambaren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán and Diocese of Zamora and became suffragan of Michoacán)
1953.05.02: Lost territory to Diocese of Colima
1962.04.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Apatzingán
1964.10.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano

Contact Info

Address: Enrique Aguilar #48, Centro, 61650 - Tacámbaro, Mich., Mexico

Phone: (459) 5-96-00-44

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.06.08 – ...):

Bishop Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (59)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tacámbaro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (59)
(2024.06.08 – ...)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico)

Spiritu et veritate evangelizare

Born:	1966.10.17 (Monterrey, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1997.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.17

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1997.08.15 – 2020.10.17)

Titular Bishop of Milevum (2020.10.17 – 2024.06.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2020.10.17 – 2024.06.08)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (2024.06.08 – ...)

Bishop Gerardo Díaz Vázquez (60)
(2014.08.22 – 2023.05.13)

Bishop of Colima (Mexico)

Servus et amicus

Born:	1966.05.25 (La Angostura, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1993.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.10.22

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1993.05.01 – 2014.08.22)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (2014.08.22 – 2023.05.13)

Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (2023.05.13 – ...)

Bishop José Luis Castro Medellín, M.S.F.
(2002.10.25 – 2014.08.22)

Born:	1938.06.21 (Mineral de La Noria, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.12.03
Died:	2020.01.24 (Tacámbaro, Mexico † 81)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (2002.10.25 – 2014.08.22)

Bishop Rogelio Cabrera López (75) (later Archbishop)
(1996.04.30 – 2001.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

Hæc est victoria fides nostra

Born:	1951.01.24 (Santa Catalina, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1978.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.30

Priest of Querétaro (Mexico) (1978.11.17 – 1996.04.30)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1996.04.30 – 2001.07.16)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (2001.07.16 – 2004.09.11)

Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2004.09.11 – 2006.11.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2006.11.25 – 2012.10.03)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2009 – 2012)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2012.10.03 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tampico (Mexico) (2018.07.20 – 2019.05.11)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2018.11.13 – 2024.11.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) (2021.03.30 – 2021.09.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2023.11.08 – 2025.10.07)

Bishop Alberto Suárez Inda (87) (later Cardinal)
(1985.11.05 – 1995.01.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico)

Vivimos para el Señor

Born:	1939.01.30 (Celaya, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1964.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.12.20
Created Cardinal:	2015.02.14

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1964.08.08 – 1973.10.13)

Priest of Celaya (Mexico) (1973.10.13 – 1985.11.05)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1985.11.05 – 1995.01.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1995.01.20 – 2016.11.05)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2003 – 2009)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo (2015.02.14 [2015.10.11] – ...)

Bishop Luis Morales Reyes (later Archbishop)
(1979.06.05 – 1985.02.19)

Born:	1936.07.05 (Churumuco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.05.04
Died:	2024.02.02 (San Luis Potosí, Mexico † 87)

Priest of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1962.12.02 – 1976.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Burca (1976.03.08 – 1979.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1976.03.08 – 1979.06.05)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1979.06.05 – 1985.02.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón (Mexico) (1985.02.19 – 1990.06.27)

Bishop of Torreón (Mexico) (1990.06.27 – 1999.01.20)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1997 – 2003)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1999.01.20 – 2012.04.03)

Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt
(1940.07.17 – 1979.06.05)

Born:	1903.03.16 (Peribán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1928.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.10.20
Died:	1982.04.08 († 79)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1940.07.17 – 1979.06.05)

Founder of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (1963.09.12)

Bishop Manuel Pío López Estrada (later Archbishop)
(1934.06.16 – 1939.10.11)

Born:	1891.05.05 (Morelos, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1914.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.08.05
Died:	1971.08.11 († 80)

Priest of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1914.10.28 – 1934.06.16)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1934.06.16 – 1939.10.11)

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1939.10.11 – 1951.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1951.06.29 – 1962.06.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (1962.06.09 – 1968.04.18)

Founder of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (1963.09.12)

Titular Archbishop of Druas (1968.04.18 – 1970.12.31)

Bishop Leopoldo Lara y Torres
(1920.12.23 – 1933.04.18)

Born:	1874.11.15 (Quiroga, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.06.29
Died:	1939.11.30 († 65)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1920.12.23 – 1933.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1933.04.18 – 1939.11.30)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Morales Reyes (later Archbishop) (1976.03.08 – 1979.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1972.12.09 – 1976.03.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Jerónimo, Tacámbaro, Michoacán de Ocampo

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (↙), Apatzingán (←), Zamora (↖), Morelia (↑), Toluca (→), Ciudad Altamirano (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 14,624 km²

Population: 320,000 Catholics (93.0% of 344,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes

Personnel: 84 priests (diocesan), 91 religious (91 sisters), 49 seminarians