Resignation and appointment of bishop of Zamora, Mexico

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Zamora, Mexico, presented by Bishop Javier Navarro Rodríguez.

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joel Ocampo Gorostieta as bishop of Zamora, Mexico, transferring him from the diocese of Ciudad Altamirano.

Curriculum vitae

Bishop Joel Ocampo Gorostieta was born in El Paso de Tierra Caliente, diocese of Tacámbaro, on 21 August 1963. After his studies at the diocesan seminary of Tacámburo, he was ordained a priest on 15 April 1989. He was awarded a licentiate in theology of marriage and the family at the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome.

He has held the following offices: parish vicar, head of youth and vocational pastoral care, episcopal vicar for consecrated life, diocesan pastoral coordinator of Tacámburo, parish priest of various communities, and member of the ecclesiastical tribunal.

On 2 April 2019 he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Altamirano, receiving episcopal consecration the following 9 July.