Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera
Mexican prelate
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Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera (1827–1908) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church.[1] As bishop of Mexico City, he was a leader of the Mexican Church and was inspired by Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum.[1] He viewed the entrance of the Knights of Columbus into Mexico as evidence of the revival of lay Catholicism in Mexico.[1] Alarcon was a native of Mexico and was delegated to Pontifically crown the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1895.
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Mexico
Inoffice17 December 1891 – March 1908
PredecessorPelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos
Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera | |
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| Archbishop of Mexico | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Mexico |
| In office | 17 December 1891 – March 1908 |
| Predecessor | Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos |
| Successor | José Mora y del Río |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 March 1855 |
| Consecration | 7 February 1892 by Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1827 |
| Died | March 1908 (aged 80–81) |
