Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca (Latin: Archidioecesis Antequerensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the episcopal see of Oaxaca. It was erected on June 21, 1535.

Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

Archidioecesis Antequerensis
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral at night
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceAntequera
Population
- Catholics

1,132,000[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJune 21, 1535[2]
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Patron saintOur Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopPedro Vázquez Villalobos
Bishops emeritusJosé Luis Chávez Botello
Archbishop emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca
Map
Website
arzobispadodeoaxaca.org

The archdiocese covers part of the state of Oaxaca. A metropolitan see, its episcopal conference includes the suffragan dioceses of Puerto Escondido, Tehuantepec, Tuxtepec and the territorial prelatures of Huautla and Mixes. It is currently led by Archbishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos.

As of 2004, the archdiocese contained 113 parishes, 126 active diocesan priests, 39 religious priests, and 940,000 Catholics. It also had 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

Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

elevated June 23, 1891

  • Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza (1891–1922) Died see above
  • 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 (2003–2018)
  • Pedro Vázquez Villalobos (2018–present)

Coadjutor bishops

  • José Othón Núñez y Zárate (1922)
  • Héctor González Martínez (1988–1993)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres, O.P. (1807–1815), appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
  • José María Irigoyen y Munoz Cano (1842–1843)
  • Francisco Garcia Cantarines (1845–1847)
  • José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios (1954–1959), appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca; but was auxiliary here again, 1970–1984
  • Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño (1967–1971), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas; but returned here as Archbishop, 1976
  • Miguel Angel Alba Díaz (1995–2001), appointed Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
  • Óscar Armando Campos Contreras (2006–2010), appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
  • Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero (2012–2018), was Celaya Diocese seminary rector when appointed here;[6] appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla

See also

References

  1. Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. Archdiocese History
  3. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 111. (in Latin)
  4. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 85. (in Latin)
  5. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1913). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae. p. 88.
  6. "Web Translator".

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