Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca Archidioecesis Antequerensis | |
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Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral at night | |
Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca |
Metropolitan | Oaxaca |
Population - Catholics |
1,132,000[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | June 21, 1535[2] |
Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Assumption |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop |
José Luis Chávez Botello Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca |
Auxiliary Bishops | Oscar Campos Contreras, Gonzalo Alonso Guerrero Calzada (Auxiliary Bishop-elect) |
Website | |
arzobispadodeoaxaca.org |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca (Latin: Archidioecesis Antequerensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca.[3][4] The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The archdiocese covers part of the state of Oaxaca and includes the suffragan dioceses of Puerto Escondido, Tehuantepec, Tuxtepec and the Prelatures of Huautla and Mixes. It is currently led by Archbishop José Luiz Chávez Botello, with Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Campos Contreras. An additional Auxiliary Bishop-elect, Celaya Diocese seminary rector Gonzalo Alonso Guerrero Calzada, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. [5]
As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 113 parishes, 126 active diocesan priests, 39 religious priests, and 940,000 Catholics. It also has 268 Women Religious, 59 Religious Brothers, and 21 permanent deacons.
Diocesan bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops and their tenure of service:
Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Erected June 21, 1535
- Juan Lopez de Zárate (1535–1555) Died
- Bernardo de Albuquerque (1561–1579) Died
- Bartolomé de Ledesma (1583–1604) Died
- Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz (1605–1608) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán[6]
- Juan de Cervantes (bishop) (1608–1614) Died)[7]
- Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa (1617–1633) Died[8]
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1636–1637) Died[9]
- Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides (1639–1652) Died[10]
- Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevia y Valdés (1653–1656) Died[11]
- Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos (1658–1664) Appointed, Archbishop of México[12]
- Tomás de Monterroso (1664–1678) Died)[13]
- Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado (1679–1681) Died[14]
- Isidoro Sariñara y Medina Cuenca (1683–1696) Died
- Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras (1698–1699) Died
- Ángel de Maldonado (1700–1728) Died
- Francisco de Santiago y Calderón (1729–1736) Died
- Tomás Montaño y Aarón (1737–1742) Died
- Diego Felipe Gómez de Angulo (1744–1752) Died
- Buenaventura Blanco y Elguero (Helguero) (1753–1764) Died
- Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (1765–1774) Died
- José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa (1775–1793) Resigned
- Gregorio Jose de Omaña y Sotomayor (1792–1797) Died
- Antonio Bergosa y Jordán (1801–1817) Confirmed, Archbishop of Tarragona
- Manuel Isidoro Perez Sánchez (1819–1837) Resigned
- José Epigmenio Villanueva y Gomez de Eguiarreta (1839–1840) Died
- Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso (1841–1843) Died
- Antonio Mantecón e Ibañez (1844–1852) Died
- José Agustín Domínguez y Diaz (1854–1859) Died
- José María Covarrubias y Mejía (1861–1867) Died
- Vicente Fermín Márquez y Carrizosa (1868–1887) Died
- Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza (1887–1922) Died
Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
elevated June 23, 1891
- Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza (1887–1922) Died
- José Othón Núñez y Zárate (1922–1941) Died
- Fortino Gómez León (1942–1967) Retired
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1967–1976) Appointed, Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
- Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño (1976–1993) Retired
- Héctor González Martínez (1993–2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Durango
- José Luis Chávez Botello (2003–present)
See also
References
Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca. |
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ↑ Archdiocese History
- ↑ "Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F30073.php%3Findex%3D30073%26lang%3Den
- ↑ "Bishop Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Juan de Cervantes" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Juan Bartolome de Bohórquez e Hinojosa, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 15, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ↑ "Archbishop Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 22, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Tomás de Monterroso, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 22, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006
Coordinates: 17°03′42″N 96°43′31″W / 17.0616°N 96.7253°W