Bishop Joel Ocampo Gorostieta

Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1963		Born
15 Apr 1989	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México
2 Apr 2019	55.6	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
9 Jul 2019	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, México
20 Nov 2025	62.2	Appointed	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

MicroData Summary
Joel Ocampo Gorostieta
Bishop Joel Ocampo Gorostieta
(born 21 Aug 1963)
Bishop of Zamora

Event Place
Birth Place Melchor Ocampo (Paso de Tierra Caliente), Diocese of Tacámbaro, Michoacán
Ordained Bishop Auditorio, La Anunciación, Mayor Seminario, Ciudad Altamirano, Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Zamora.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alberto Suárez Inda
Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán
Principal Consecrator:
Alberto Cardinal Suárez Inda
Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franco Coppola
Titular Archbishop of Vinda
Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alberto Cardinal Suárez Inda (1985)
Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q62652195

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Apr 2019
c1/bp: CB, 2 Apr 2019
ob: CB, 7 Apr 2019
c2+: CB, 15 May 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Number 20,210
ab: Bollettino, 20 Nov 2025

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