Right Reverend
Fortino Hipólito Vera
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Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Bishop of Cuernavaca |
See | Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca |
Elected | July 3, 1894[1] |
Successor | Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete |
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Ordination | December 1857[1] |
Consecration | July 29, 1894 by Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza [1] |
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Born | 1834 |
Died | 1898 (aged 63–64) Cuernavaca |
Fortino Hipólito Vera (1834–1898) was a Mexican Catholic bishop, born in Santiago Tequixquiac, Mexico. He was the first bishop of Cuernavaca, Mexico. He was a writer and defender of the apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe.[2] His collection of related documents is an important source for scholars studying the Guadalupe tradition.[3]
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