Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca (Latin: Archidioecesis Antequerensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca. The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.

Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca Archidioecesis Antequerensis
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral at night
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Population - Catholics (including non-members)	1,132,000[1]
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	June 21, 1535[2]
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Pedro Vázquez Villalobos
Bishops emeritus	José Luis Chávez Botello Archbishop emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca
Map
Website
arzobispadodeoaxaca.org

The archdiocese covers part of the state of Oaxaca and includes the suffragan dioceses of Puerto Escondido, Tehuantepec, Tuxtepec and the Prelatures of Huautla and Mixes. It is currently led by Archbishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos.

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

Erected June 21, 1535

• Juan Lopez de Zárate (1535–1555) Died[3]
• Bernardo de Albuquerque (1561–1579) Died[3]
• Bartolomé de Ledesma (1583–1604) Died[3]
• Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz (1605–1608) Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán[3][4]
• Juan de Cervantes (1608–1614) Died[4]
• Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa (1617–1633) Died[4]
• Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1636–1637) Died[4]
• Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides (1639–1652) Died[4]
• Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés (1653–1656) Died[4]
• Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos (1658–1664) Appointed, Archbishop of México[4]
• Tomás de Monterroso (1664–1678) Died)[4]
• Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado (1679–1681) Died[5]
• Isidoro Sariñara y Medina Cuenca (1683–1696) Died[5]
• Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras (1698–1699) Died[5]
• Ángel de Maldonado, O. Cist. (1700–1728) Died[5]
• Francisco de Santiago y Calderón (1729–1736) Died[5]
• 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 (1792–1797) Died
• Antonio Bergosa y Jordán (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 (2012–2018), was Celaya Diocese seminary rector when appointed here;[6] appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla

See also

• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México

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. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. p. 88.
6. http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F30073.php%3Findex%3D30073%26lang%3Den

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}