Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera

Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera
Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera
Born	1825
Died	1908 (aged 82–83)
Occupation	Catholic priest (1855–), Catholic deacon (1854–)
Position held	Metropolitan Archbishop of México (1892–)

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.

References

Catholic Hierarchy listing for Alarcon

1 2 3 Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982. Harper and Row. p. 119-120. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.

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[faith-1] 1 2 3 Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982. Harper and Row. p. 119-120. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.

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