Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavala was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca. The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption....

 located in Oaxaca de Juarez

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

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, Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

, Mexico

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Born in 1841, he was the son of Thomas Gillow, who immigrated to Mexico in 1819 and Mara Zavala y Gutierrez, who inherited the title of the Marchioness of Selva Nevada. Eventually, he became a priest and inherited the Chautla Hacienda

Chautla Hacienda

The Chautla Hacienda was a formerly vast extension of farmland located in the San Martin Texmelucan Valley in the state of Puebla, northwest of the city of Puebla in Mexico. It was established in the 18th century, primarily producing grain. In the 19th century, it became the property of an...

 located in Puebla

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. At this hacienda, he built the first hydroelectric plant in Latin America

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, and built an English-style residence (locally known as “El Castillo” (The Castle)) for a planned agricultural school. He was named archbishop in 1887 during the regime of Porfirio Díaz

Porfirio Díaz

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, in part due to his political and ecclesiastic connections. As such he worked to get a railway connection between Mexico City

Mexico City

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and Oaxaca and worked to open schools and preserve a number of the city’s colonial churches. He was archbishop until his death in 1922.

Writings

• Apuntes históricos sobre la idolatría y la introducción del cristianismo en la diócesis de Oaxaca.
• Reminiscencias del Ilmo. y Rmo. Sr. Dr. D. Eulogio Gillow y Zavalza, Arzobispo de Antequera (Oaxaca). Four editions published between 1920 and 1921.
• Actas y Decretos del Concilio I de Antequera celebrado en Oaxaca, del día 8 de diciembre de 1892 al día 12 de marzo de 1893.
• Primera carta pastoral del Illmo. señor doctor don Eulogio G. Gillow en la que saluda al clero y fieles de la diócesis que se le ha confiado
• Informe rendido á la Sociedad agrícola mexicana, sobre las ventajas que resultan á México de cultivar los cereales con la maquinaria agrícola norte-americana, 1880.