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Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera

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Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera
Born1825 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1908 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 82–83)
OccupationCatholic priest (1855–), Catholic deacon (1854–) Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldMetropolitan Archbishop of México (1892–) Edit this on Wikidata

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.

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  1. ^ a b c 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.