Fortino Hipólito Vera y Talonia

{{Short description|Mexican Catholic bishop}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Right Reverend

| name = Fortino Hipólito Vera

| title = Bishop of Cuernavaca

| image = Hipólito Vera y Talonia (cropped).jpg

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| church = Catholic Church

| archdiocese =

| diocese = Roman Catholic Bishop of Cuernavaca

| see = Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca

| term =

| elected = July 3, 1894

| predecessor =

| successor = Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete

| ordination = December 1857

| ordinated_by =

| consecration = July 29, 1894

| consecrated_by = Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza {{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bveraf.html|title=Bishop Fortino Hipólito Vera y Talonia †|publisher=Catholic Hierarchy|accessdate=February 11, 2019}}

| rank =

| birth_date = 1834

| birth_place = Santiago Tequixquiac

| death_date = {{death year and age|1898|1834}}

| death_place = Cuernavaca

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}}

Fortino Hipólito Vera (1834–1898) was a Mexican Catholic bishop, born in Santiago Tequixquiac, Mexico. He was the first bishop of Cuernavaca, Mexico. He was a writer and defender of the apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe.{{cite web|title=Diosesis de Cuernavaca|url=http://www.diocesisdecuernavaca.org.mx/Diocesis_de_Cuernavaca/Hipolito_Vera.html|publisher=Hipólito Vera y Talonia|accessdate=3 June 2010}} His collection of related documents is an important source for scholars studying the Guadalupe tradition.{{Cite web|title = Presentation to the Marian Congress by Dr. Jorge E. Traslosheros|url = http://www.mariancongress.org/en/presentations/traslosheros.html|website = www.mariancongress.org|accessdate = 2015-10-05|archive-date = 2012-03-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320000815/http://www.mariancongress.org/en/presentations/traslosheros.html|url-status = dead}}