Xoconoxtle el Grande in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico — The Central Highlands (North America)

Parish of San José Joconoxtle

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 23, 2019

1. Parish of San José Joconoxtle Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

X-8-MDCCCLXIV
Ereccion de esta parroquia de Sn. Jose del Joconoxtle, Gto.
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X-8-MCMLXIV.
1er Centenario.
A la memoria del Ilmo. Sr. Sollano que la erigio.

English translation:
October 8, 1864
Erection of this parish of San José del Joconoxtle, Guanajuato
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October 8, 1964 - First Centenary
In memory of the illustrious Mr. Sollano who promoted it.

Erected 1964.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is October 8, 1864.

Location. 20° 56.296′ N, 100° 58.818′ W. Marker is in Xoconoxtle el Grande, Guanajuato, in Dolores Hidalgo. It can be reached from Calle Allende just south of Route 110, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Xoconoxtle el Grande GTO 37830, Mexico. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Mexico

and in the Bajío.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

and in the Western Hemisphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

a Spanish colony,

and the Aztec Empire.

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least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Complex D. The wind house. (The house of the wind) (approx. 10.3 kilometers away); Layout and Architecture (approx. 10.3 kilometers away); Burial 13 The hierarch and ancestral veneration (approx. 10.4 kilometers away); Complex B: The House of the Longest Night (approx. 10.4 kilometers away); Complex A The House of the Thirteen Heavens (approx. 10.4 kilometers away); Burial 18 The Decapitated Man (approx. 10.4 kilometers away); Observing the Stars (approx. 10.4 kilometers away); Cañada de la Virgen: A Ceremonial Civic Center in the Laja River Basin Marker (approx. 10.4 kilometers away).

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 23, 2019

2. Parish of San José Joconoxtle Marker

The marker is on the base of this statue, presumably of Sr. Sollano, founder of the parish.

The interior of the Parish Church of San José Joconoxtle image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 23, 2019

3. The interior of the Parish Church of San José Joconoxtle

The Parish Church of San José Joconoxtle image. Click for full size.

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4. The Parish Church of San José Joconoxtle

An additional Parish of San José Joconoxtle Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 23, 2019

5. An additional Parish of San José Joconoxtle Marker

This additional marker, also on the base of a statue, gives thanks to a local priest that completed 25 years directing this parish. It reads:

17-VIII-1943 JHS 17-VIII-1968
A.M.D.G Et. B.M.S.V.
En honor de S. Pio X dedica este monumento el suscrito en memoria de los 25 años que cumple rigiendo la Parroquia de S. Jose del Joconoxtle, en la serie de sacerdotes que la han gobernado desde su erección.
1864.
Ocupa el No. 23…Fidel Mata Martinez.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 23, 2019

6. The Parish Church of San José Joconoxtle

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2019. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 3, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.