Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (26 June 1600 – 1 October 1659) was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico.
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles and Osma | |
Blessed Juan de Palafox | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Osma |
| Appointed | 16 August 1653 |
| Term ended | 1 October 1659 |
| Predecessor | Antonio Valdés Herrera |
| Successor | Nicolás Martinez, O.S.H. |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (1639–1653) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 1629 by Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera |
| Consecration | 27 December 1639 by Cardinal Agustín de Spínola Basadone |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 24 June 1600 Fitero, Navarre, Spain |
| Died | 1 October 1659 (aged 59) Osma, Soria, Spain |
| Buried | Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma, El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 1 October |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Blessed |
| Beatified | 5 June 2011 Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma, El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B. |
| 18th Viceroy of New Spain | |
| In office 10 June 1642 – 23 November 1642 | |
| Monarch | Philip IV |
| Preceded by | Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla |
| Succeeded by | Diego García Sarmiento de Sotomayor |
Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640−1655), and the interim Archbishop of Mexico (1640−1642). He also held political office, from 10 June 1642 to 23 November 1642 as the Viceroy of New Spain. He lost a high-profile struggle with the Jesuits in New Spain, resulting in a recall to Spain, to the minor Diocese of Osma in Old Castile. Although a case was opened for his beatification shortly after he died in 1659, he was not designated "Blessed" until 2011.
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