Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de, 1600-1659

"Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (Fitero, 24 de junio de 1600 - El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma, 1 de octubre de 1659), obispo espanol, ejercio su obispado en Puebla de los Angeles (Nueva Espana) y mas tarde en Osma. Desempeno asimismo el cargo de consejero del Consejo Real de Indias entre 1633 y 1653, virrey y Capitan General de Nueva Espana. Fue beatificado en el El Burgo de Osma el 5 de junio de 2011, por el cardenal Angelo Amato."

"Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (June 26, 1600 - October 1, 1659), a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and viceregal Mexico. Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (16401655), and the interim Archbishop of Mexico (16401642). He also held political office, from June 10, 1642 to November 23, 1642 as the Viceroy of New Spain. He lost a high-profile struggle with the Jesuits in New Spain, resulting in a recall to Spain, to the minor Diocese of Osma in Old Castile. Although a case was opened for his beatification shortly after he died in 1659, he was not designated "blessed" until 2011."