Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the episcopal see of Oaxaca. It was erected on June 21, 1535.
The archdiocese covers part of the state of Oaxaca. A metropolitan see, its episcopal conference includes the suffragan dioceses of Puerto Escondido, Tehuantepec, Tuxtepec and the territorial prelatures of Huautla and Mixes. It is currently led by Archbishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos.
, the archdiocese contained 113 parishes, 126 active diocesan priests, 39 religious priests, and 940,000 Catholics. It also had 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
- 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 Died
- 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 (Helguero) 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 below''
Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
elevated June 23, 1891- Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza Died see 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