Juan de Arechederra

Juan de Arechederra

Bishop of Nueva Segovia
ChurchSaint Paul Metropolitan Cathedral
ProvinceIlocos
DioceseDiocese of Nueva Segovia
Appointed1750
Installed1750
Term ended1751
PredecessorLuciano Santiago, O.P.
SuccessorManuel del Río Flores, O.P.
Orders
ConsecrationJanuary 19, 1750
by Unknown
Personal details
Born
Juan de Arrechederra

September 20, 1681
DiedNovember 12, 1751(1751-11-12) (aged 70)
Lal-lo, Cagayan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
NationalitySpain/Venezuela Spanish (later Venezuelan)
DenominationRoman Catholicism
SignatureJuan de Arechederra's signature
Juan de Arechederra
42nd Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
In office
September 21, 1745 – July 20, 1750
MonarchsPhilip V of Spain
Ferdinand VI of Spain
Preceded byGaspar de la Torre
Succeeded byMarquis of Brindisi and Ovando

Juan de Arechederra, O. P. (Caracas, Venezuela, September 20, 1681 – Nueva Segovia, November 12, 1751) was a Venezuelan (originally Spanish Criollo) friar and member of the Dominican Order who served as the Rector of Colegio de San Juan de Letran from 1725 until 1735 and University of Santo Tomas from 1735 to 1737 and from 1743 to 1745 and Bishop-elect of Nueva Segovia from 1745 and in turn, the Bishop from 1750 until his death in 1751. In Philippine history, he is best remembered as being the Governor-General from 1745 to 1750 who baptized Alimuddin I, the only Catholic Sultan of Sulu.