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VIVERO DOMINGUEZ, Luis Fernando. A “Large and Undisciplined” Clergy Utopia and Reality of Reform to the Secular Clergy in the Archbishopric of Mexico, 1764-1810. Estud. hist. novohisp [online]. 2024, n.71, pp.53-84.  Epub 22-Out-2024. ISSN 2448-6922.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24486922e.2024.71.77801.

This paper analyzes the reform of the secular clergy in the archbishopric of Mexico between 1764 and 1810 in two major regards: the excessive number of priests and their indiscipline. During the eighteenth century various royal and ecclesiastical authorities tried to solve these long-standing problems because, in their view, these issues affected Spanish economic progress and the spiritual work of the Church. This article studies the different criticisms of the secular clergy in the Bourbon era, the strategies of the archbishopric to solve these problems, and the trends in priestly ordination of the diocesan clergy. The purpose is to contrast the objectives and practicality of this reform in the most important American diocese at the end of the colonial era.

Palavras-chave : chaplaincies; ecclesiastical discipline; priestly order; vocation; indigenous languages.

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