Juan de Palafox y Mendoza


Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles and Osma
Blessed Juan de Palafox
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseOsma
Appointed16 August 1653
Term ended1 October 1659
PredecessorAntonio Valdés Herrera
SuccessorNicolás Martinez, O.S.H.
Other post(s)Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (1639–1653)
Orders
OrdinationApril 1629
by Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera
Consecration27 December 1639
by Cardinal Agustín de Spínola Basadone
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

24 June 1600
Died1 October 1659(1659-10-01) (aged 59)
Osma, Soria, Spain
BuriedCathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma, El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain
Sainthood
Feast day1 October
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Title as SaintBlessed
Beatified5 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
MonarchPhilip IV
Preceded byDiego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla
Succeeded byDiego García Sarmiento de Sotomayor

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.

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 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.