List of Mexican ambassadors to the Holy See

This is a list of the Mexican ambassadors to the Holy See .

In New Spain ecclesiastical institutions were exempt from tax liability and the institutions under their jurisdiction were subject to their own jurisdiction. Through his commitment to the independence of Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo , unlike, for example, José Simeón Cañas y Villacorta in El Salvador , did not come into conflict with the Holy See. On May 19, 1822, Agustín de Iturbide proclaimed an independent Mexican monarchy that did not affect the power of the Church. The monarch was overthrown by Antonio López de Santa Anna in 1823 . In Central America, the opponents of Mexican imperialism had united in the liberal parties and promoted secularization there , there was disamortization in Spain , while in Mexico the alliance of ejidooligarchy and clergy ruled. The Mexican governments were comparatively friendly towards the Holy See . Efforts to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level came from the Mexican government, but their first three emissaries were in the Papal States not received. The bishop of Puebla , Francisco Pablo Vázquez , had to leave again in 1831, as did Ignacio de la Tejada and later Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz .

Shortly after the Spanish government had acknowledged the Mexican government to recognize the November 29, 1836 Papal States to the independence of Mexico. The letter of accreditation for Manuel Diez de Bonilla to the Holy See was on November 7th, 1836 by the Secretary of State of Gregory XVI. , Luigi Lambruschini received .

Pius IX sent Monseñor Luigi Clementi, Archtitular Bishop of Damascus, as nuncio to Mexico and Central America. When Clementi wanted to present his letter of accreditation in Mexico in November 1851 , a majority of 53 to 33 votes in parliament decided that Pius IX. not recognized. On January 12, 1861, Benito Juárez , Luigi Clementi with Joaquín Francisco Pacheco and Felipe Neri del Barrio, had the Guatemalan envoy expelled.

The Federal Constitution of the United States of Mexico of 1857 proclaimed a separation of church and state.

Article 130 of the 1917 Constitution of Santiago de Querétaro did not recognize churches and religious orders as legal persons . This Article 130 was amended in 1992.

Appointment accreditation	Surname	Remarks	appointed by	accredited at	Leave post
	Bishop of Puebla Francisco Pablo Vázquez		Anastasio Bustamante
	Ignacio de la Tejada		Melchor Múzquiz
	Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz		Valentín Gómez Farías
November 7, 1836	Manuel Diez de Bonilla		José Justo Corro	Gregory XVI.	1839
1839	José María Mendoza		Antonio López de Santa Anna	Gregory XVI.	1848
1850	José María Montoya		José Joaquín de Herrera	Pius IX	1850
1853	Manuel Larráinzar		José Joaquín de Herrera	Pius IX	1855
1857	Ezequiel Montes Ledesma		Ignacio Comonfort	Pius IX	1858
1859	Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos		Benito Juarez	Pius IX	1860
1864	Ignacio Aguilar y Marocho		Maximilian I.	Pius IX	1865
1865	Joaquín Velázquez de León		Maximilian I.	Pius IX	1865
1865	Joaquín Degollado	Son of José Santos Degollado	Maximilian I.	Pius IX	1865
1865	Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y Gonzalez		Maximilian I.	Pius IX	1865
1865	Agustín Fischer		Maximilian I.	Pius IX	1865
November 22, 1992	Enrique Olivares Santana		Carlos Salinas de Gortari	John Paul I.	February 1, 1995
October 31, 1994	Rafael Mijares Ferreiro	Chargé d'affaires	Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León	John Paul I.	April 3, 1995
March 7, 1995	Guillermo Jiménez Morales		Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León	John Paul I.
March 24, 1998	Horacio Sánchez Unzueta		Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León	John Paul I.
January 24, 2001	Fernando Estrada Sámano		Vicente Fox Quesada	John Paul I.	November 6, 2003
December 19, 2003	Javier Moctezuma Barragán		Vicente Fox Quesada	John Paul I.
July 20, 2005	Luis Felipe Bravo Mena		Vicente Fox Quesada	Benedict XVI.
2009	Federico Ling Altamirano		Felipe Calderón	Benedict XVI.

Individual notes

1. ↑ José C. Valadés, Mario Melgar Adalid, Andrés Lira Gonzáles, Orígenes de la República Mexicana: la aurora constitucional p. 243 f.
2. ↑ Luigi Clementi: [1]
3. ↑ Lic. Federico Falques, diputado por Sinaloa, Lá Voz de la religious
4. ↑ [2]
5. ↑ Alberto Vital Díaz, Enrique Olivares Santana: un hombre de la Revolución Mexicana y de la República
6. ↑ http://cronica.diputados.gob.mx/Iniciativas/54/194.html
7. ↑ Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y Gonzalez : [3]
8. ↑ El padre Fischer, hombre fuerte de Maximiliano: [4]
9. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Embajadores de México
11. ↑ http://contralinea.info/archivo-revista/index.php/2009/04/05/mexico-subordinado-al-vaticano/