Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera (1827–1908) was a Mexican

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of the Catholic Church. As bishop of Mexico City, he was a leader of the Mexican Church and was inspired by

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''. He viewed the entrance of the

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into Mexico as evidence of the revival of lay Catholicism in Mexico. Alarcon was a native of Mexico and was delegated to Pontifically crown the image of

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in 1895.

References

Catholic Hierarchy listing for Alarcon
1828 births Place of birth missing 1908 deaths Place of death missing 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-archbishop-stub