Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Oaxaca
The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...

. The cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

 church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Oaxaca
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption , located in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca. Its construction began in 1535 and it was consecrated on July 12, 1733...

.

The archdiocese covers part of the state of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

 and includes the suffragan dioceses of Puerto Escondido
Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, in Mexico....

, Tehuantepec
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec is in Mexico and is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca....

, Tuxtepec
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxtepec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxtepec is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca.-Ordinaries:*José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. *José Antonio Fernández Hurtado...

 and the Prelatures of Huautla
Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Huautla
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Huautla is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca.-Ordinaries:*Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J...

 and Mixes
Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Mixes
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Mixes is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca.-Ordinaries:*Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. *Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B....

. 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.

Residential bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops 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 Bartolomé 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)
  • Ángel 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)
  • José 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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