Un obispado para Veracruz, 1799-1846 Del honor de la ciudad a la lealtad al Estado

Abstract

Between 1789 and 1846 the authorities of Veracruz promoted the creation of a Bishopric with with the limits of the jurisdiction to their charge. Although the recent historiography has noticeable the existing continuity between the regalismo Bourbon and the first Mexican liberalism, the analysis of the arguments presented by the munícipes and congresspersons of Veracruz, suggests changes in the institutional context as in the principles in which they were founded. Until 1821, it was alluded to the own privileges of the oldest city of the kingdom; during the first federal republic, insisted on defending the honor of the sovereignty, position that is radicalized toward 1833, when the Congress decreed, without success, the creation of new diocese. The bishopric was created in 1844, the government of the Department of Veracruz repeated their requests, with arguments that show certain continuity with the of the first federalism, in spite of the change to the centralist regime.