Cristero War

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The Cristero War was a late-1920s armed uprising in Mexico in which Catholic rebels fought the federal government over its strict anti-clerical and secularization policies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cristero War canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican historical event ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
aftermath gradual informal relaxation of anti-clerical enforcement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cristiada ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands of deaths ⓘ
conflictType counter-revolution ⓘ
guerrilla war ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endTime 1929 ⓘ
hasCause anti-clerical policies of the Mexican government ⓘ
closure of churches and religious schools ⓘ
enforcement of the Calles Law ⓘ
expulsion of foreign priests ⓘ
limitations on public worship ⓘ
restrictions on Catholic Church activities ⓘ
secularization policies in Mexico ⓘ
hasEffect destruction of churches and religious property ⓘ
large-scale persecution of clergy and lay Catholics ⓘ
long-term Church–state tension in Mexico ⓘ
ideology Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Mexican anticlericalism ⓘ
leader Enrique Gorostieta ⓘ
location Aguascalientes ⓘ
Colima ⓘ
Durango ⓘ
Guanajuato ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Nayarit ⓘ
San Luis Potosí ⓘ
Zacatecas ⓘ
central Mexico ⓘ
opposingForce Cristeros ⓘ
Mexican federal army ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Army

Mexican federal government ⓘ
participant Catholic clergy ⓘ
Catholic peasants ⓘ
Mexican bishops ⓘ
Mexican federal troops ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Army

rural militias ⓘ
relatedLegislation Calles Law ⓘ
Mexican Constitution of 1917 ⓘ
religionInvolved Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result continued constitutional anti-clerical provisions ⓘ
negotiated settlement between Church and state ⓘ
partial restoration of religious freedoms ⓘ
significantEvent assassination of President-elect Álvaro Obregón ⓘ
mediation by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Morrow ⓘ
suspension of public worship by Mexican bishops in 1926 ⓘ
startTime 1926 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Revolution → followedBy → Cristero War ⓘ
Mexican Air Force → conflict → Cristero War ⓘ
Plutarco Elías Calles → conflict → Cristero War ⓘ
Mexican Army → participatedIn → Cristero War ⓘ