Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado (22 August 1848 – 26 February 1911) was a Mexican clergyman,
Bishop of
Colima (1892–1900), and
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
of
Morelia (1900–1911).
Biography
He was the son of Joaquín Silva (of Portuguese origin) and Ignacia Álvarez Tostado (born in
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is a city and municipality in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. It forms part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, lying to the southeast of it. It covers an area of 636.93 km2. it had a population of ...
). He was ordained a priest on 30 November 1871 in the Parish of the Sanctuary of Guadalajara. He obtained a doctorate in
Theology from the Pontifical Academy of Guadalajara.
At twenty-five years of age, he was a priest in the
Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán, where he founded an observatory. In 1880 he was appointed parish priest of the same diocese. In 1883, he was a prebendary in the
Cathedral of Guadalajara, during his canonry he founded welfare homes and some other religious institutions. He was a professor at his
alma mater.
In that
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
, he founded the hospital of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and the Poor, also known as Hospital of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
On 11 July 1892,
Pope Leo XIII named him Bishop of Colima; on 9 October of the same year he was consecrated by the hands of Archbishop Pedro Loza y Pardavé. On August 21, 1900 he was named
Archbishop of Morelia; in this archdiocese he founded schools which he provided with libraries and laboratories.
For his work he was known as the "Father of the Poor". He was decorated with the great cross of the
Order of Isabella the Catholic. On 1 January 1900, he was elected a corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
He died at the age of 62, on 26 February 1911, in Morelia.
References
External links
Guisa y Azevedo, Jesú
Centenarios. Humanistas Mexicanos. Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado
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1848 births
1911 deaths
People from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Bishops in Mexico
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico
Roman Catholic archbishops of Morelia