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José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante (4 July 1791 – 28 November 1863) was Bishop of Durango in Mexico from 28 August 1831 until his death.He was a supporter of the Centralist Republic of Mexico and was strongly opposed to the United States which took control of the northern part of his diocese in 1846 due to its tolerance of faiths other than Catholicism.