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'''José G. Saucedo Mendoza''' (December 5, 1924 – August 7, 1998) was a Mexican Anglican bishop from 1958 to 1997. |
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'''Jose G. Saucedo Mendoza''' (December 5, 1924 – August 7, 1998) was a Mexican Anglican bishop from 1958 to 1998. One of the youngest Anglican bishops ever to attend the [[Lambeth Conference]]<ref> Episcopal Bishops at Mission, The Witness, Volume II, Church House Publication; September, 1998</ref> he became the first primate bishop of the [[Anglican Church of Mexico]], serving from 1995 until his death in 1998.<ref> Vida Anglicana — vida y obra del obispo jose guadalupe; September, 2009</ref> Under his leadership spanning four decades the Anglican Church of Mexico grew from one missionary diocese to five dioceses that formed an independent member of the worldwide [[Anglican Communion]] in 1995. |
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He was the first bishop of [[Cuernavaca]]. He was the first archbishop of the [[Anglican Church of Mexico]], serving from 1995 until his retirement in 1997.<ref>Episcopal News Service, September 3, 1998</ref> Under his episcopacy spanning four decades the Anglican Church of Mexico grew from one missionary diocese to five dioceses that formed an independent member of the worldwide [[Anglican Communion]] in 1995. As a promoter of access to the priesthood by women, he arranged for the ordination of the first female priest in Latin America.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/160792/el-concepto-de-dios-no-es-masculino-ni-femenino-dice-la-sacerdota-tamara-locke|title=EL CONCEPTO DE DIOS NO ES MASCULINO NI FEMENINO, DICE LA SACERDOTA TAMARA LOCKE - Proceso|date=1992-12-26|work=Proceso|access-date=2018-11-23|language=es-MX|archive-date=2018-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221019/https://www.proceso.com.mx/160792/el-concepto-de-dios-no-es-masculino-ni-femenino-dice-la-sacerdota-tamara-locke|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church's]] [[Virginia Theological Seminary]], at Alexandria, Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=95043|title=Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 95043: Mexico Convenes First Synod, Elects Primate|last=Donovan|first=Jack|date=1995-03-16|website=episcopalarchives.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=98-2223|title=Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 98-2223: Jose Saucedo, Retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Mexico, Dies in Hospital|last=|first=|date=1998-09-03|website=episcopalarchives.org|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> |
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Born in Michoacán, Mex., he attended the Anglican seminary in Guadalajara, Jalisco, graduating in 1945, and after three years at the Episcopal Church's [[Virginia Theological Seminary]], at Alexandria, Virginia, earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree with honors. <ref> Vida Anglicana — vida y obra del obispo jose guadalupe; September, 2009</ref> |
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He was consecrated bishop in 1958 at XVII century church of San Jose de Gracia, Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catedralanglicanamexico.blogspot.com/2010/03/historia-del-templo-de-san-jose-}}</ref> |
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The USA [[Episcopal Church]]'s Presiding Bishop ordained him a deacon in February 1949 in Virginia and six months later Mexico's Bishop, [[Efrain Salinas y Velasco]], ordained him priest, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, where in 1953 he organized and founded the first English speaking parish of the diocese (Saint Michael and All Angels). He was directly in charge of the pastoral and sacramental functions of the missions in the towns of Alpuyeca, Galeana, Jojutla y Alejandra, all in the Mexican State of Morelos. On autumn 1957 Saucedo was appointed missionary bishop to Mexico by the bishops of the USA Episcopal Church and consecrated on January 14th 1958 at 34 years of age. He is the youngest bishop to have ever attended any [[Lambeth Conference]]. As bishop he promoted missional work in places where there was no presence of other churches. He implemented an aggressive program of infrastructure building churches, rectories, boarding schools, and future diocesan centers in Mexico City, in the States of Morelos and Veracruz, and a new seminary in Mexico City. <ref> Vida Anglicana — vida y obra del obispo jose guadalupe; September, 2009</ref> |
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In face of increasing anxieties over the ordination of women to the priesthood and the liturgical revisions of the 70's, bishop Saucedo played a decisive roll in convening the USA bishops in Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mex. from October 13 through October 18 1974 in an attempt to bridge deepening divisions among traditionalist on one hand and liberal bishops on the other. <ref> 97 Bishops Approve Women's Ordination in Principle Diocesan Press Service. October 18, 1974 ] (Accessed 18 Nov 2018) https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=74275</ref> <ref> Bishops Confer on Prayer Book Revision, Ministry, Ecumenism Diocesan Press Service. October 18, 1974 ] https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=74276</ref> |
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[[Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in Mexico]] |
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He was elected the first Primate of the [[Anglican Church of Mexico]] in its first General Synod, February 1995, and was enthroned as primate by USA Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop [[Edmond L. Browning]] on May 13, 1995. He was seen as a leader and a pastor, with a vision of an autonomous Mexican Anglican church and with the ability to bring that into being.<ref> Mexico Convenes First Synod, Elects Primate Episcopal News Service. March 16, 1995] (Accessed 17 Nov. 2018) https://episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=95043</ref> |
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He died in Mexico City on August 6 at the age of 73. <ref> Vida Anglicana — vida y obra del obispo jose guadalupe; September, 2009</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:42, 12 December 2024
José G. Saucedo Mendoza (December 5, 1924 – August 7, 1998) was a Mexican Anglican bishop from 1958 to 1997.
He was the first bishop of Cuernavaca. He was the first archbishop of the Anglican Church of Mexico, serving from 1995 until his retirement in 1997.[1] Under his episcopacy spanning four decades the Anglican Church of Mexico grew from one missionary diocese to five dioceses that formed an independent member of the worldwide Anglican Communion in 1995. As a promoter of access to the priesthood by women, he arranged for the ordination of the first female priest in Latin America.[2] He attended the Episcopal Church's Virginia Theological Seminary, at Alexandria, Virginia.[3][4] He was consecrated bishop in 1958 at XVII century church of San Jose de Gracia, Mexico City.[5]
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[edit]- ^ Episcopal News Service, September 3, 1998
- ^ "EL CONCEPTO DE DIOS NO ES MASCULINO NI FEMENINO, DICE LA SACERDOTA TAMARA LOCKE - Proceso". Proceso (in Mexican Spanish). 1992-12-26. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Donovan, Jack (1995-03-16). "Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 95043: Mexico Convenes First Synod, Elects Primate". episcopalarchives.org. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
- ^ "Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 98-2223: Jose Saucedo, Retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Mexico, Dies in Hospital". episcopalarchives.org. 1998-09-03. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ https://catedralanglicanamexico.blogspot.com/2010/03/historia-del-templo-de-san-jose-.
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