Antonio Alcalde Barriga


Antonio Alcalde Barriga

Bishop of Guadalajara
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ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseGuadalajara
SeeGuadalajara
Appointed20 May 1771
Installed19 August 1771
Term ended7 August 1792
PredecessorDiego Rodríguez de Rivas Velasco
SuccessorEsteban Lorenzo de Tristán Esmenota
Previous post(s)Bishop of Yucatán (1762-71)
Orders
Ordination1725
Consecration8 May 1763
by Manuel de Sosa Béthencourt
Personal details
Born
Antonio Alcalde Barriga

(1701-03-14)14 March 1701
Died7 August 1792(1792-08-07) (aged 91)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Antonio Alcalde Barriga (14 March 1701 - 7 August 1792) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Order of Preachers who served as the Bishop of Guadalajara.[1][2][3] He served in Dominicans convents across his homeland for over three decades as a teacher and prior before King Carlos III appointed him to a diocese in Mexico where he would be until being relocated to Guadalajara.[3][4] It was there that his main legacies included the hospital and college he helped found there in addition to his dedication to restoring and constructing churches and schools.[1][2]

His beatification process opened in late 1994 and he became titled as a Servant of God. The cause later stalled due to low promotion and little interest though was resumed in 2013 upon new impetus for promoting his life and holiness.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b "Fray Antonio Alcalde y Barriga". Universidad de Guadalajara. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Fray Antonio Alcalde". Biografías y Vidas. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Francisco Antonio Alcalde y Barriga". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Antonio Alcalde y Barriga". Biografias.es. Retrieved 28 April 2019.