Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the State of Oaxaca and includes the suffragan dioceses of Puerto Escondido, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Tapacula, Tehuantepec, Tuxtepec, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, and the Prelatures of Huautla and Mixes. It is currently led by Archbishop José Luiz Chávez Botello, with auxiliary bishop Oscar Campos Contreras.

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.

[edit] Residential bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of and their terms of service:

  • Juan Lopez de Zárate (1535-1555)
  • Bernardo de Albuquerque (1561-1579)
  • Bartolomé de Ledesma (1583-1604)
  • Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz (1605-1608)
  • Juan de Cervantes (1608-1614)
  • Juan Bartolome de Bohorquez e Hinojosa (1617-1633)
  • Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal (1636-1637)
  • Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides (1639-1652)
  • Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevia y Valdés (1653-1656)
  • Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davaols (1658-1664)
  • Tomás de Monterroso (1664-1678)
  • Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado (1679-1681)
  • Isidoro Sariñara y Medina Cuenca (1683-1696)
  • Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras (1698-1699)
  • Angel de Maldonado (1700-1728)
  • Francisco de Santiago y Calderón (1729-1736)
  • Tomás Montaño y Aarón (1737-1742)
  • Diego Felipe Gómez de Angulo (1744-1752)
  • Buenaventura Blanco y Elguero (Helguero) (1753-1764)
  • Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (19765-1774)
  • José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa (1775-1793)
  • Gregorio Jose de Omaña y Sotomayor (1792-1797)
  • Antonio Bergosa y Jordán (1801-1817)
  • Manuel Isidoro Perez Sánchez (1819-1837)
  • Jose Epigmenio Villanueva y Gomez de Eguiarreta (1839-1840)
  • Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso (1841-1843)
  • Antonio Mantecón e Ibañez (1844-1852)
  • José Agustín Domínguez y Diaz (1854-1859)
  • José María Covarrubias y Mejía (1861-1867)
  • Vicente Fermín Márquez y Carrizosa (1868-1887)
  • Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza (1887-1922)
  • José Othón Núñez y Zárate (1922-1942?)
  • Fortino Gómez León (1942-1967)
  • Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1967-1976)
  • Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño (1976-1993)
  • Héctor González Martínez (1993-2003)
  • José Luis Chávez Botello (2003-present)

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