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The Most Reverend
Pedro Moya de Contreras
Viceroy of New Spain
In office
September 25, 1584 – October 17, 1585
MonarchPhilip II of Spain
Preceded byLuis de Villanueva y Zapata
Succeeded byÁlvaro Manrique de Zúñiga
President of Council of the Indies
In office
1585 – December 21, 1591
Archbishop of Mexico
ArchdioceseMexico
InstalledJune 17, 1573
Term endedDecember 7, 1591
PredecessorAlonso de Montúfar
SuccessorAlonso Fernández de Bonilla
Orders
OrdinationNovember 21, 1573
Consecrationby Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina
Personal details
Bornc. 1527
Pedroche, Córdoba, Spain
DiedDecember 21, 1591 (aged 63–64)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
DenominationRoman 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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Third Mexican Provincial Council

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First landing of Filipinos in the United States

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Stafford Poole

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Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

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Palace of the Inquisition

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