Archdiocese of Antequera

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Archdiocese of Antequera
Basic data
Country Mexico
Diocesan bishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos
Emeritus diocesan bishop José Luis Chavez Botello
founding 1535
surface 33,648 km²
Parishes 122 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
Residents 1,747,061 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics 1,462,598 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
proportion of 83.7%
Diocesan priest 148 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious priest 37 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics per priest 7,906
Permanent deacons 20 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
Friars 41 (12/31/2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious sisters 205 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2016 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Website www.arquioax.org
Suffragan dioceses Territorial prelature Huautla
Territorial prelature Mixes
Diocese of Puerto Escondido
Diocese of Tehuantepec
Diocese of Tuxtepec

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera ( Latin Archidioecesis Antequerensis , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Antequera ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Oaxaca City .

history

Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral in Oaxaca de Juarez

The Archdiocese of Antequera was on June 21, 1535 by Pope Paul III. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Tlaxcala established as the diocese of Antequera and subordinated to the archbishopric of Seville as a suffragan . On March 19, 1539, the Antequera diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Chiapas diocese . The diocese of Antequera was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mexico City as a suffragan on February 12, 1546 . On March 19, 1863, the Antequera diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Veracruz-Jalapa diocese . Another assignment of territory took place on June 23, 1891 to establish the diocese of Tehuantepec .

On June 23, 1891, the diocese of Antequera was by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Antequera gave up parts of its territory on April 25, 1902 to establish the Diocese of Mixtecas . Further territorial concessions were made on 13 January 1962 on the establishment of the Apostolic Constitution Quem ad modum erected Diocese of Tehuacan , and on October 8, 1972 on establishment of the Apostolic Constitution ad bonum animorum established territorial prelate Huautla . The Archdiocese of Antequera was on 8 November 2003 part of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution date A Deo erected Diocese of Puerto Escondido from.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Antequera

Archbishops of Antequera

See also

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes XXIII : Const. Apost. Quem ad modum , AAS 55 (1963), n.7, p. 377ff.
  2. ↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. Ad bonum animorum , AAS 65 (1973), n.3, pp. 118f.
  3. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. A Deo datum , AAS 96 (2004), n.2, p. 85f.