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Alonso Núñez de Haro, archbishop of Mexico

Villagarcía del Llano, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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Alonso Núñez de Haro, archbishop of Mexico

Curiosity · Villagarcía del Llano, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

Born in Villagarcía del Llano on 31 October 1729, into a noble family descended from the Peralta de Alarcón and Núñez de Chinchilla lines, Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta studied at the universities of Toledo, Bologna and Ávila, and came to master Latin, Greek, French, Hebrew and Italian. He was archbishop of Mexico from 1772 until his death in 1800, and also served as viceroy of New Spain for a few months in 1787. In his home town he promoted the construction of a new church modelled, in miniature, on the cathedral of Mexico. As archbishop he promoted the works of the chapel of the Pocito, at the basilica of Guadalupe, and of the Metropolitan Cathedral, and founded the Capuchin convent of the Villa de Guadalupe.

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