Antonio Alcalde y Barriga
Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Who they were
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. 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. 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.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Cathedral of Merida, Yucatan - El siervo de Dios don fray Antonio Alcalde y Barriga, obispo de Yucatan y Guadalajara — The Archdiocese of Guadalajara opened his cause in 1994 and he is a Servant of God; the cathedral of Merida, his earlier see, carries his life under that title.
- Wikidata Q5697707 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antonio Alcalde Barriga (CC BY-SA)
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