Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, Mexico 🇲🇽

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ciudad Altamirano / Civitatis Altamiren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Acapulco

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (←), Tacámbaro (↖), Toluca (↗), Tenancingo (↗), Chilpancingo–Chilapa (→), Acapulco (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1964.10.27: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano / Civitatis Altamiren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Acapulco, Diocese of Chilapa, Diocese of Tacámbaro and Diocese of Toluca and became suffragan of Morelia)
1983.02.10: Became suffragan of Acapulco
1985.10.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Contact Info

Address: Benito Juárez # 205 Oriente Col.Centro, 40660 - Ciudad Altamirano, Gro., Mexico

Phone: (767) 672-00-37

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Altamirano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joel Ocampo Gorostieta (62)
(2019.04.02 – 2025.11.20)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico)

Pax et justitia in unitatem

Born:	1963.08.21 (El Paso de Tierra Caliente, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1989.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.07.09

Priest of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1989.04.15 – 2019.04.02)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (2019.04.02 – 2025.11.20)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (2025.11.20 – ...)

Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda (74)
(2006.07.07 – 2017.10.28)

Titular Bishop of Lugura
Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca (Mexico)

Born:	1951.05.29 (Palos Altos, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1979.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.08.31

Priest of Toluca (Mexico) (1979.09.21 – 1984.11.03)

Priest of Atlacomulco (Mexico) (1984.11.03 – 2006.07.07)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (2006.07.07 – 2017.10.28)

Titular Bishop of Lugura (2017.10.28 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (2017.10.28 – ...)

Bishop José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez
(2004.06.19 – 2005.09.07)

Born:	1941.09.22 (Coatepec Harinas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.02
Died:	2005.09.07 († 63)

Priest of Toluca (Mexico) (1964.06.29 – 2004.06.19)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (2004.06.19 – 2005.09.07)

Bishop Carlos Garfias Merlos (75) (later Archbishop)
(1996.06.24 – 2003.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico)

Cristo es nuestra paz

Born:	1951.01.01 (Tuxpan, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.07.25

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1975.11.23 – 1996.06.24)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1996.06.24 – 2003.07.08)

Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico) (2003.07.08 – 2010.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico) (2010.06.07 – 2016.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2016.11.05 – 2026.01.19)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2018.11.13 – 2021.11.10)

Bishop José Raúl Vera López, O.P. (80)
(1987.11.20 – 1995.08.14)

Bishop emeritus of Saltillo (Mexico)

Born:	1945.06.21 (Acámbaro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.06

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1987.11.20 – 1995.08.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico) (1995.08.14 – 1999.12.30)

Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1999.12.30 – 2020.11.21)

Bishop José Lizáres Estrada (91)
(1980.03.04 – 1987.01.31)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico)
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Monterrey (Mexico)

Born:	1934.05.31 (Tapalpa, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.04.29

Priest of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) (1959.12.19 – 1980.03.04)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1980.03.04 – 1987.01.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1987.01.31 – 2009.12.21)

Bishop Manuel Samaniego Barriga
(1971.01.11 – 1979.02.05)

Born:	1930.10.10 (Angamacatiro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.06
Died:	2005.06.26 (Ciudad de México, Mexico † 74)

Titular Bishop of Passo Corese (1969.04.30 – 1971.01.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1969.04.30 – 1971.01.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1971.01.11 – 1979.02.05)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (1979.02.05 – 2005.06.26)

Bishop Juan Navarro Ramirez
(1965.07.01 – 1970.08.18)

Born:	1912.02.19 (Celaya, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1935.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.17
Died:	1970.08.18 († 58)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1965.07.01 – 1970.08.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Juan Bautista, Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero

Churches by City (36)

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (←), Tacámbaro (↖), Toluca (↗), Tenancingo (↗), Chilpancingo–Chilapa (→), Acapulco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,000 km²

Population: 1,014,000 Catholics (95.7% of 1,059,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes

Personnel: 72 priests (diocesan), 94 religious (94 sisters), 25 seminarians