Governorate of Paraguay
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Governorate of Paraguay Gobernación del Paraguay | |||||||||
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1617–1782 | |||||||||
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Status | Governorate of the Viceroyalty of Peru Part of the Spanish Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Asunción | ||||||||
Common languages | Spanish, Guaraní | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
Historical era | Spanish Empire | ||||||||
• Created from the split of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and of Paraguay | December 16 1617 | ||||||||
• Merged into the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata | 1782 | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | PY | ||||||||
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The Governorate of Paraguay (Spanish: Gobernación del Paraguay), originally called the Governorate of Guayrá, was a governorate of the Spanish Empire and part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Its seat was the city of Asunción; its territory roughly encompassed the modern day country of Paraguay. The Governorate was created in December 16, 1617 by the royal decree of King Philip III as a split of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and of Paraguay into its respective halves. The Governorate lasted until 1782, after which the massive Viceroyalty of Peru was split, and Paraguay became an intendency (intendencia) of the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
List of governors of Paraguay[]
Governor of Paraguay[1] | Start of rule | End of rule | King of Spain |
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Hernando Arias de Saavedra | 1615 | 1617 | Philip III |
Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza | 1618 | 1621 | |
21 October 1621 | 1627 | Philip IV | |
1630 | 1633 | ||
1633 | 1636 | ||
1636 | 1641 | ||
1641 | 27 June 1641 | ||
Gregorio de Hinestrosa | 27 June 1641 | 2 February 1647 | |
Diego de Escobar y Osorio | 2 February 1647 | 26 February 1649 | |
Bernardino de Cárdenas | 4 March 1649 | 1 October 1649 | |
1 October 1649 | 10 October 1650 | ||
10 October 1650 | 26 July 1653 | ||
26 July 1653 | 21 September 1656 | ||
21 September 1656 | 24 September 1659 | ||
24 September 1659 | 25 August 1662 | ||
25 August 1662 | 13 April 1671 | Charles II | |
13 April 1671 | 1676 | ||
1676 | 1681 | ||
7 October 1681 | August 1684 | ||
18 October 1684 | 30 October 1684 | ||
30 October 1684 | 30 October 1685 | ||
30 October 1685 | 2 August 1691 | ||
22 October 1692 | 4 December 1696 | ||
4 December 1696 | 27 June 1702 | Philip V | |
27 June 1702 | 1705 | ||
1705 | 26 September 1705 | ||
26 September 1705 | 9 February 1706 | ||
Baltazar García Ros | 9 February 1706 | 10 October 1707 | |
10 October 1707 | 5 June 1713 | ||
5 June 1713 | 23 January 1717 | ||
23 January 1717 | 5 February 1717 | ||
Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda | 5 February 1717 | 20 August 1721 | |
José de Antequera y Castro | 14 September 1721 | 5 March 1725 | |
5 March 1725 | 29 April 1725 | ||
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala | 29 April 1725 | 4 May 1725 | |
Martín de Barúa | 4 May 1725 | 28 December 1730 | |
Ignacio de Soroeta | 28 December 1730 | 25 January 1731 | |
Vacant after Soroeta's rejection and the Revolt of the Comuneros.[2] The comuneros established a Junta Gubernativa presided over by: * José Luis Bareiro (1731) * Miguel de Garay (1731-1732) * Antonio Ruiz de Arellano (1732-1733) |
25 January 1731 | 27 July 1733 | |
Agustín de Ruyloba | 27 July 1733 | 14 September 1733 | |
Juan de Arregui y Gutiérrez | 27 September 1733 | 9 December 1733 | |
9 December 1733 | 1735 | ||
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala | 30 March 1735 | 1735 | |
1735 | 7 November 1740 | ||
7 November 1740 | August 1747 | ||
August 1747 | 10 November 1749 | Charles III | |
10 November 1749 | 2 April 1761 | ||
2 April 1761 | 23 July 1764 | ||
23 July 1764 | 29 September 1766 | ||
Carlos Morphi | 29 September 1766 | 23 August 1772 | |
23 August 1772 | 1 February 1778 | ||
Pedro Melo de Portugal | 1 February 1778 | 21 August 1787 |
References[]
- ^ Colección de obras y documentos relativos a la historia antigua y moderna de las provincias del Río de la Plata. 1836, Pedro de Angelis.
- ^ López, Adalberto (2007) [first published 1976]. The Colonial History of Paraguay: The Revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7658-0745-8.
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- Colonial Paraguay
- Governorates of the Spanish Empire
- Governors of Paraguay
- History of Paraguay
- Former colonies in South America
- Former Spanish colonies
- Spanish colonization of the Americas
- States and territories established in 1617
- 1617 establishments in the Viceroyalty of Peru
- States and territories disestablished in 1782
- 1782 disestablishments in the Viceroyalty of Peru
- 1782 establishments in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
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