In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moya and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
The Most Reverend
Pedro Moya de Contreras
Viceroy of New Spain
In office September 25, 1584 – October 17, 1585
Monarch
Philip II of Spain
Preceded by
Luis de Villanueva y Zapata
Succeeded by
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga
President of Council of the Indies
In office 1585 – December 21, 1591
Archbishop of Mexico
Archdiocese
Mexico
Installed
June 17, 1573
Term ended
December 7, 1591
Predecessor
Alonso de Montúfar
Successor
Alonso Fernández de Bonilla
Orders
Ordination
November 21, 1573
Consecration
by Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina
Personal details
Born
c. 1527
Pedroche, Córdoba, Spain
Died
December 21, 1591 (aged 63–64) Madrid, Spain
Nationality
Spanish
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Pedro Moya de Contreras (sometimes Pedro de Moya y Contreras) (c. 1528, Pedroche, Córdoba Province, Spain – December 21, 1591, Madrid) was a prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and Viceroy of Mexico, September 25, 1584 – October 17, 1585. He was the 6th Viceroy, governing from September 25, 1584, to October 16, 1585. During this interval he held all three positions.
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