Juan Ortega y Montañés
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Don Juan Ortega y Montañés was a Roman Catholic bishop and colonial administrator in Guatemala and New Spain. He was successively bishop of Durango, of Guatemala and of Michoacán, and then archbishop
Archbishop Juan Ortega y Montañés, Viceroy of New Spain
Gaspar de la Cerda Silva Sandoval y Mendoza, 8th Count of Galve, Lord of Salcedón and Tortola was viceroy of New Spain from November 20, 1688, to February 26, 1696.
Juan Ortega y Montañés
…a reputation for charity, concern for the parishioners, and energy in his work. In February 1696 he was named interim viceroy of New Spain, to succeed Gaspar de la Cerda, 8th Count of Galve. One of the first challenges of his administration was the suppression of an uprising of university students. On March 27, 1696, they tried to burn the…
Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza