Abstract

ROSAS SALAS, Sergio. Ecclesiastical hierarchy, pastoral project and political regime: José María Luciano Becerra, bishop of Puebla (1853-1854). Let. hist. [online]. 2016, n.14, pp.107-134. ISSN 2448-8372.

This article reconstructs and analyzes the Episcopal government of José María Luciano Becerra y Jimenez in Puebla (1853 and 1854). It illuminates the close relation between the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna and illustrates the encounters between the civil and religious power in the years prior to Mexican’s Liberal Reform. It argues that the support of the clergy for Santa Anna’s regime was tempered by the emphasis on the Church as Mexican society’s moral guide and the defense of church property against the Mexican civil government. Beyond his support of the political regime, the bishop wanted to secure his leadership and that of his clergy in Pueblan society.

Keywords : Puebla diocese; José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez; Cathedral Chapter; Church and State relation; episcopal administration.