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Atotonilco El Alto
Atotonilco El Alto is a town and municipalities of Jalisco, municipality, in Jalisco in Los Altos (Jalisco) region in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 638.15 km. Atotonilco (pronounced ah-toh-toh-NEAL-co) means "place of hot waters", in Náhuatl. "El Alto"("The High One") was later added in honor of those who died in the Cristero War in the early 1920s. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 51,798. History The town was first established by the Purépecha people, Purépecha in late 1400, according to Purépecha culture, Purépecha myth. The region was conquered in June 1530 by the Nuño de Guzmán. Martin del Campo was the first encomendero and the evangelization of the region was entrusted to the Franciscans. Atotonilco in 1551 was given in encomienda to the conquistador Andrés de Villanueva. In November 1824 the State Congress ruled that the village of Atotonilco hereafter would have the title of town, and would also be the head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciscans
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Enrique Gorostieta
Enrique Gorostieta Velarde ( Monterrey, 1889 – Atotonilco el Alto, June 2, 1929) was a Mexican soldier best known for his leadership as a general during the Cristero War. Life Born in Monterrey into a prominent Mexican-Basque family, Enrique Gorostieta Velarde had a typically secular education. His early life is not well documented, but it is known that his father, an attorney and businessman, had personal ties with Victoriano Huerta, and that Enrique was encouraged by his mother to take up a military career, and he enrolled at the Heroic Military College of Chapultepec in 1906. Upon graduation in May 1911, the same month Porfirio Díaz stepped down from the Presidency, Gorostieta — as a protege of Victoriano Huerta — served on campaigns against Emiliano Zapata in September 1911 and against Pascual Orozco in April–May 1912. During Huerta's short dictatorship of 1913-14, Gorostieta's father was Secretary of the Treasury (Secretario de Hacienda). During the Mexican Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan De Los Lagos, Jalisco
San Juan de los Lagos (Spanish for " Saint John of the Lakes") is a city and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos. It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgin Mary called Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos or in Nahuatl Cihuapilli, which means “Great Lady.” Since the first major miracle ascribed to her in 1632, she has been venerated especially for cases involving mortal danger. The miracles ascribed to her have made the basilica in which she is found a major tourist attraction, which has shaped the city's history to this day. The economy of the city is still heavily dependent on the flow of pilgrims which has amounted to between seven and nine million people per year. The City Many of the buildings in the center of the city are made of pink sandstone dating as far back as the 17th century, with the streets fanning out from the main square. There are twenty two historically notable buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco
José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (March 30, 1921 – September 4, 2017) was a Mexican Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco was born in Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico and was ordained a priest on March 27, 1948. Velasco was appointed archbishop of Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuxtla ( la, Archidioecesis Tuxtlensis) is a Metropolitan Diocese, Metropolitan Archdiocese based in Tuxtla, Chiapas, Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Roman Catholic Dioce ... on May 20, 1965, and ordained bishop on July 25, 1965. Velasco was appointed bishop of The Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos on February 12, 1988, where he would remain until his retirement on January 20, 1999. Velasco died on 4 September 2017 due to respiratory complications at the age of 96. References External links 1921 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico Participants in the Second Vati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmelite Sisters Of The Most Sacred Heart Of Los Angeles
The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles is a Catholic religious institute of the Carmelite Order founded by Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament. It is based in Alhambra, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. About the Carmelite Sisters The way of life of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles is rooted in the Gospel, the Church, and the spirituality of Carmel as lived out through the charism of their foundress, Venerable Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Their mission statement is three-fold: "Educating for Life with the Mind and Heart of Christ” in schools; being “At the Service of the Family for Life” through eldercare; and “Fostering a Deeper Spiritual Life” through individual and group retreats. History In the 1920s during the revolution and religious persecution in Mexico, Mother Luisita established schools, hospitals, and orphanages despite being scrutinized by the government. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Luisa Josefa
María Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, also called Mother Luisita (June 21, 1866 – February 11, 1937) was a Mexican Catholic nun who founded the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mexico and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. She is under consideration for sainthood, having been declared Venerable. Life She was born María Luisa de la Peña y Navarro on June 21, 1866 in Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco, the third (and first surviving) of fourteen children. Although she felt drawn to the religious life, at the age of fifteen, in obedience to her parents, she married Pascual Rojas, a prominent physician twice her age. Their life together was happy. They built the little Hospital of the Sacred Heart to serve those less fortunate. After fourteen years of married life, María Luisa was left a widow, in 1896. Eight years later María Luisa entered the Cloistered Carmelites and became immersed in the spirituality of Carmel. After seven months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojo De Agua De Morán, Jalisco
Ojo de Agua de Morán is a town within the municipality of the Atotonilco El Alto located in the southeastern part of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. It has 939 inhabitants. Ojo de Agua de Morán is 1980 meters above sea level. Along with neighbors of San Francisco de Asís, El Laurel, Agua Nueva, El Destierro, Los Adobes, Union de Guadalupe and La Purisima. A village founded in the 1750s by Morán de Ledesma families who are descendants of Salvador Morán de Ledesma (1630-1718) originally Teocaltiche, Jalisco. Ancestry Traditionally, the region of Ojo de Agua de Morán is known for its inhabitants of descendants of conquistadors and early Spanish settlers such as De Villalobos, Ascencio de León, Hernández-Gamiño, Camarena, Martín del Campo, Rodríguez de Portugal, De La Torre-Ledesma, Vázquez de Zermeño, Romo de Vivar, Macías-Valadez, Guzmán de Quesada, González de Hermosillo and more. Most young men leave town to work in the United States. Also worth noting is the grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco De Asís, Atotonilco El Alto
San Francisco de Asis is a town within the municipality of the Atotonilco El Alto located in the southeastern part of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. It is named after the Italian Saint Francis of Assisi. At the time of the census of 2005 the town had a population of 5,167 inhabitants. Its most distinctive features are the Fine Sanctuary of Our Lady of Los Altos and the fact that new tequila factories are located there. Its surrounding municipality of the same name had an area of 1,532.78 km² (591.81 sq mi) and a population in conjunction of Atotonilco el alto of 126,625 in the 2005 census, but its territory is increasing significantly since the beginning of 2005 with the creation of the new housing, churches, and schools. Ancestry Traditionally, the region of San Francisco de Asis is known for its inhabitants of French, German, Italian, Fenicia and Spanish ancestry strong family and Roman Catholic values. The families Hernandez ,Flores, Vasquez, and Avina are some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayotlán
Ayotlán Municipality is a municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 518.57 km. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 35,150. Place Names Ayotlán comes from "Ayotl" (its former name) and means "place of turtles" or "squashes" History In 1583 the Spaniards called it "and Ayo el Chico" to distinguish it from large town that was near San Pedro Piedra Gorda, in the now state of Guanajuato. In the year 620 and 623 came the Aztecs found the place already populated by indigenous groups. About 10 km south of the town is a hill called "Old Town" which was the first seat of the population. Before the conquest had approximately 15,000 Indians living scattered throughout the Valley Coin. Manor depended Coin, whose capital was Tototlan. Worshiped "Ixtlacateolt", highly revered deity in the contours of Chapala lake. The natives had erected shrines or "cues" on the hill of the Villas. Olidsent by Hernán Cortés in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arandas, Jalisco
Arandas is a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality of the Los Altos (Jalisco), Altos Sur region of the States of Mexico, state of Jalisco in Mexico. Arandas is also the name of the municipality's main township and the center of the municipal government. The city centre is approximately 86 miles (138 km) east of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, the state capital. Arandas is accessible to residents of Guadalajara by the Mexican Federal Highway 80D and Jalisco State highway, State Highway 314. The population of the town of Arandas was 46,099 as of the census of 2005. The town's main plaza is named Plaza Hidalgo after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, known as the father of Mexican War of Independence, Mexico's war of independence. The municipality's population as of the census of 2015 was 77,116 and its area was 1,238.02 km2 (478 sq mi); however, both of these figures have been significantly reduced since 2007 with the creation of the municipality of San Ignacio Cerro Gordo fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encomendero
The ''encomienda'' () was a Spanish labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military protection and education. The ''encomienda'' was first established in Spain following the Christian conquest of Moorish territories (known to Christians as the ''Reconquista''), and it was applied on a much larger scale during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Spanish Philippines. Conquered peoples were considered vassals of the Spanish monarch. The Crown awarded an ''encomienda'' as a grant to a particular individual. In the conquest era of the early sixteenth century, the grants were considered to be a monopoly on the labour of particular groups of indigenous peoples, held in perpetuity by the grant holder, called the ''encomendero''; following the New Laws of 1542, upon the death of the ''encomendero'', the encomienda end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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