Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Antequera, Oaxaca
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The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca () is a
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church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the
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of
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. It was erected on June 21, 1535. The archdiocese covers part of the state of
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. A
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, its episcopal conference includes the
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s of Puerto Escondido, Tehuantepec, Tuxtepec and the territorial prelatures of Huautla and Mixes. It is currently led by Archbishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos. , 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

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Juan Lopez de Zárate ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Phili ...
(1535–1555) Died ''(in Latin)'' * Bernardo de Albuquerque (1561–1579) Died * Bartolomé de Ledesma (1583–1604) Died * Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz (1605–1608) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán ''(in Latin)'' * Juan de Cervantes (1608–1614) Died * Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa (1617–1633) Died * Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1636–1637) Died * Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides (1639–1652) Died * Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés (1653–1656) Died * Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos (1658–1664) Appointed, Archbishop of México * Tomás de Monterroso (1664–1678) Died) * Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado (1679–1681) Died * Isidoro Sariñara y Medina Cuenca (1683–1696) Died * Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras (1698–1699) Died * Ángel de Maldonado, O. Cist. (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 Gregorio Jose de Omaña y Sotomayor (born 1739 in Santiago Tilapa) was a Mexican clergyman and bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious ...
(1792–1797) Died *
Antonio Bergosa y Jordán Antonio Bergosa y Jordán (born 1748 in Jaca) was a Spaniards, Spanish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca. He was ordained in 1773. He was appointed bishop in 1801. He died in 1819. He later became Archb ...
(1801–1817) Confirmed, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain * 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 (1887–1891) ''see below''


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 Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also

* Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguatio ...
(2012–2018), was Celaya Diocese seminary rector when appointed here; appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla


See also

* List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México


References


External links and additional sources

* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Antequera, Oaxaca Antequera, Oaxaca Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century Religious organizations established in 1535 Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Antequera, Oaxaca Antequera, Oaxaca, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of 1535 establishments in New Spain