Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca 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.
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 Died
- Bernardo de Albuquerque Died
- Bartolomé de Ledesma Died
- Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán
- Juan de Cervantes
- Juan Bartolomé de Bohorquez e Hinojosa Died
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal Died
- Bartolomé de Benavente y Benavides Died
- Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés Died
- Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos Appointed, Archbishop of México
- Tomás de Monterroso
- Nicolás Ortiz del Puerto y Colmenares Salgado Died
- Isidoro Sariñara y Medina Cuenca Died
- Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras Died
- Ángel de Maldonado, O. Cist. Died
- Francisco de Santiago y Calderón Died
- Tomás Montaño y Aarón Died
- Diego Felipe Gómez de Angulo Died
- Buenaventura Blanco y Elguero Died
- Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz Died
- José Gregorio Alonso de Ortigosa Resigned
- Gregorio Jose de Omaña y Sotomayor Died
- Antonio Bergosa y Jordán Confirmed, Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
- Manuel Isidoro Perez Sánchez Resigned
- José Epigmenio Villanueva y Gomez de Eguiarreta Died
- Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso Died
- Antonio Mantecón e Ibañez Died
- José Agustín Domínguez y Diaz Died
- José María Covarrubias y Mejía Died
- Vicente Fermín Márquez y Carrizosa Died
- Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza see immed. below
Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
elevated June 23, 1891
- Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza Died see immed. above
- José Othón Núñez y Zárate Died
- Fortino Gómez León Retired
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada Appointed, Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
- Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño Retired
- Héctor González Martínez Appointed, Archbishop of Durango
- José Luis Chávez Botello
- Pedro Vázquez Villalobos
Coadjutor bishops
- José Othón Núñez y Zárate
- Héctor González Martínez
Auxiliary bishops
- Francisco Ramón Valentín de Casaus y Torres, O.P., appointed Archbishop of Guatemala
- José María Irigoyen y Munoz Cano
- Francisco Garcia Cantarines
- José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios, appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca; but was auxiliary here again, 1970-1984
- Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño, appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas; but returned here as Archbishop, 1976
- Miguel Angel Alba Díaz, appointed Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Óscar Armando Campos Contreras, appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
- Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero, was Celaya Diocese seminary rector when appointed here; appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla
