Title: History of the Catholic Church in Mexico - Wikipedia
Headings: History of the Catholic Church in Mexico
History of the Catholic Church in Mexico
Contents
Colonial era (1521–1821)
Early period: The Spiritual Conquest 1519–1572
Power of the Spanish Crown in ecclesiastical matters
The first evangelists to the indigenous
The abandoned experiment to train Indian priests
Mendicant-produced texts for evangelization
Hospitals
Confraternities
Spanish Habsburg Era (1550–1700)
Establishment of the episcopal hierarchy and the assertion of crown control
Bishops as interim viceroys
Structure of the episcopal hierarchy
Ecclesiastical privileges
Secular or diocesan clergy's incomc
Reduction of mendicants' role
Pious endowments
Tithes
Society of Jesus in Mexico, 1572–1767
Jesuit haciendas
Jesuit resistance to the tithe
Expulsion of the Jesuits 1767
Convents
Establishments for elite creole women
For Indian noblewomen
Holy Office of the Inquisition
Crypto-Jews
Other jurisdictional transgressions
Indigenous beliefs
Devotions to holy men and women
Virgin of Guadalupe and other devotions to Mary
Devotions to Christ and pilgrimage sites
Mexican saints
Spanish Bourbon Era 1700–1821
Changes in the Church as an economic institution
Expulsion of the Jesuits 1767
Charitable Institutions
The clergy and Mexican independence 1810–1821
Post-Independence Mexico, 1821-present
Independent Mexico in the nineteenth century
The First Empire and Early Republic, 1821–1854
Liberal reform of 1833
Liberal reform (1857–1861)
The era of Porfirio Diaz (1876–1911)
The Mexican Revolution
The end of the Porfiriato
Madero, 1911–1913
Huerta, 1913-14
The Constitutionalists
Zapatistas and religion
Church-State relations, 1917–1940
1917 Mexican Constitution
Anticlericalism of Calles and violent church-state conflict 1926–1929
Catholic lay organizations
Catholic women and the church-state crisis
End of the Cristero Rebellion, 1929
Cristero saints
Impact of the War
Cárdenas, 1934-40
Government-mandated socialist education and Catholic pushback
Growth during the new Church-State modus vivendi, 1940–1980
Changing church-state relations, 1980–2000
Clampdown on liberation theology
Church push for civic culture in Chihuahua
Salinas, the Vatican, and reform of the constitution
Protestant groups and constitutional reform
Cardinal Posadas Ocampo's murder
Issues in the 21st century
Child sex abuse scandals
Priests targeted by narcotraffickers
Pope Francis visit
Falling membership
Further reading
General
Colonial Era - 1519–1821
Nineteenth century
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
See also
References

Content: A major change came in 1992, with the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988–1994). In a sweeping program of reform to "modernize Mexico" that he outlined in his 1988 inaugural address, his government pushed through revisions in the Mexican Constitution, explicitly including a new legal framework that restored the Catholic Church's juridical personality. The majority of Mexicans in the twenty-first century identify themselves as being Catholic, but the growth of other religious groups such as Protestant evangelicals, Mormons, as well secularism is consistent with trends elsewhere in Latin America. The 1992 federal Act on Religious Associations and Public Worship ( Ley de Asociaciones Religiosas y Culto Público ), known in English as the Religious Associations Act or (RAA), has affected all religious groups in Mexico. Contents
1 Colonial era (1521–1821)
2 Early period: The Spiritual Conquest 1519–1572
2.1 Power of the Spanish Crown in ecclesiastical matters
2.2 The first evangelists to the indigenous
2.3 The abandoned experiment to train Indian priests
2.4 Mendicant-produced texts for evangelization
2.5 Hospitals
2.6 Confraternities
3 Spanish Habsburg Era (1550–1700)
3.1 Establishment of the episcopal hierarchy and the assertion of crown control
3.2 Bishops as interim viceroys
3.3 Structure of the episcopal hierarchy
3.4 Ecclesiastical privileges
3.5 Secular or diocesan clergy's incomc
3.6 Reduction of mendicants' role
3.7 Pious endowments
3.8 Tithes
3.9 Society of Jesus in Mexico, 1572–1767
3.9.1 Jesuit haciendas
3.9.2 Jesuit resistance to the tithe
3.9.3 Expulsion of the Jesuits 1767
3.10 Convents
3.10.1 Establishments for elite creole women
3.10.2 For Indian noblewomen
3.11 Holy Office of the Inquisition
3.11.1 Crypto-Jews
3.11.2 Other jurisdictional transgressions
3.11.3 Indigenous beliefs
3.12 Devotions to holy men and women
3.12.1 Virgin of Guadalupe and other devotions to Mary
3.13 Devotions to Christ and pilgrimage sites
3.13.1 Mexican saints
4 Spanish Bourbon Era 1700–1821
4.1 Changes in the Church as an economic institution
4.2 Expulsion of the Jesuits 1767
4.3 Charitable Institutions
4.4 The clergy and Mexican independence 1810–1821
5 Post-Independence Mexico, 1821-present
6 Independent Mexico in the nineteenth century
6.1 The First Empire and Early Republic, 1821–1854
6.2 Liberal reform of 1833
6.3 Liberal reform (1857–1861)
6.4 The era of Porfirio Diaz (1876–1911)
7 The Mexican Revolution
7.1 The end of the Porfiriato
7.2 Madero, 1911–1913
7.3 Huerta, 1913-14
7.4 The Constitutionalists
7.5 Zapatistas and religion
8 Church-State relations, 1917–1940
8.1 1917 Mexican Constitution
8.2 Anticlericalism of Calles and violent church-state conflict 1926–1929
8.3 Catholic lay organizations
8.4 Catholic women and the church-state crisis
8.5 End of the Cristero Rebellion, 1929
8.6 Cristero saints
8.7 Impact of the War
8.8 Cárdenas, 1934-40
8.9 Government-mandated socialist education and Catholic pushback
8.10 Growth during the new Church-State modus vivendi, 1940–1980
9 Changing church-state relations, 1980–2000
9.1 Clampdown on liberation theology
9.2 Church push for civic culture in Chihuahua
9.3 Salinas, the Vatican, and reform of the constitution
9.4 Protestant groups and constitutional reform
9.5 Cardinal Posadas Ocampo's murder
10 Issues in the 21st century
10.1 Child sex abuse scandals
10.2 Priests targeted by narcotraffickers
10.3 Pope Francis visit
10.4 Falling membership
11 Further reading
11.1 General
11.2 Colonial Era - 1519–1821
11.3 Nineteenth century
11.4 Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
12 See also
13 References
Colonial era (1521–1821)
See also: Franciscan missions to the Maya, Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, Yaqui people § Conquistadors and Missionaries, and Spanish missions in Mexico
Early period: The Spiritual Conquest 1519–1572

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