Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
| Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca Archidioecesis Antequerensis |
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 Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral at night |
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| 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 | Benedict XVI |
| Archbishop | José Luiz Chávez Botello José Luiz Chávez Botello Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Oscar Campos Contreras |
| 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. 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.
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.
Residential bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops and their terms of service:
- Juan Lopez de Zárate (1535–1555)
- Bernardo de Albuquerque (1561–1579)
- Bartolomé de Ledesma (1583–1604)
- Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz (1605–1608)
- Juan de Cervantes (1608–1614)
- Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa (1617–1633)
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1636–1637)
- Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides (1639–1652)
- Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevia y Valdés (1653–1656)
- Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davaols (1658–1664)
- Tomás de Monterroso (1664–1678)
- Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado (1679–1681)
- Isidoro Sariñara y Medina Cuenca (1683–1696)
- Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras (1698–1699)
- Ángel de Maldonado (1700–1728)
- Francisco de Santiago y Calderón (1729–1736)
- Tomás Montaño y Aarón (1737–1742)
- Diego Felipe Gómez de Angulo (1744–1752)
- Buenaventura Blanco y Elguero (Helguero) (1753–1764)
- Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (19765–1774)
- José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa (1775–1793)
- Gregorio Jose de Omaña y Sotomayor (1792–1797)
- Antonio Bergosa y Jordán (1801–1817)
- Manuel Isidoro Perez Sánchez (1819–1837)
- José Epigmenio Villanueva y Gomez de Eguiarreta (1839–1840)
- Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso (1841–1843)
- Antonio Mantecón e Ibañez (1844–1852)
- José Agustín Domínguez y Diaz (1854–1859)
- José María Covarrubias y Mejía (1861–1867)
- Vicente Fermín Márquez y Carrizosa (1868–1887)
- Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza (1887–1922)
- José Othón Núñez y Zárate (1922–1942?)
- Fortino Gómez León (1942–1967)
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1967–1976)
- Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño (1976–1993)
- Héctor González Martínez (1993–2003)
- José Luis Chávez Botello (2003–present)
See also
References
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Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca. |
- Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006
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