Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alarcón and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez de la Barquera.
Próspero Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera
Born1825 
Died1908  (aged 82–83)
OccupationCatholic priest (1855–), Catholic deacon (1854–) 
Position heldMetropolitan Archbishop of México (1892–) 

References
  1. 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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