Tomás Garrido Canabal

Politician, Deceased Person

1891 – 1943

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Who was Tomás Garrido Canabal?

Tomás Garrido Canabal, was a Mexican politician and revolutionary. Garrido Canabal served as dictator and governor of the state of Tabasco from 1920 to 1924 and again from 1931 to 1934, and was particularly noted for his Anti-Catholicism. During his term he fiercely persecuted the Church in his state, killing many priests and laymen and driving the remainder underground.

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Born
Sep 20, 1891
Catazajá
Religion
  • Atheism
Profession
Lived in
  • Chiapas
Died
Apr 8, 1943
Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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