List of viceroys of New Granada

Viceroy of New Granada
Viceroy of New Granada
	Coat of arms of Colonial-era Bogotá
	Flag of Spain
Appointer	King of Spain
Formation	1718
First holder	Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero
Final holder	Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón
Abolished	1821

Spanish viceroys of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1819) located in northern South America.

Introduction

The former territory within the Viceroyalty of New Granada corresponds to present day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. It also encompassed areas of present-day Guyana, southwestern Suriname, northwestern Brazil, northern Peru, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.

From the initial Spanish colonization of northern South American in the 1540s to the Viceroyalty of New Granada's establishment in 1718, the territories were governed by the Viceroyalty of Peru (1542–1824). They included the included smaller colonial Audiencia Real of Bogotá and New Kingdom of Granada. In 1777 the provinces of Venezuela were assigned to the new colonial Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777–1821), governed by Captains General.

The territories of the viceroyalty gained independence from Spain between 1819 and 1822 after a series of military and political struggles, uniting in the republic of Gran Colombia (1821–1831).

Viceroys

Viceroy	Dates of Administration	Portrait
Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero*	13 June 1718 – 25 November 1719
Jorge de Villalonga**	25 November 1719 – 11 May 1724
Sebastián de Eslava	24 April 1740 – 6 November 1749
José Alfonso Pizarro	6 November 1749 – 24 November 1753
José Solís Folch de Cardona	24 November 1753 – 25 February 1761
Pedro Messía de la Cerda	1761–1772
Manuel de Guirior	1772–1776
Manuel Antonio Flórez	1776 – 26 November 1781
Juan de Torrezar Díaz Pimienta	1 April 1782 – 11 June 1782
Antonio Caballero y Góngora	1782–1788
Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos	1788–1789
José Manuel de Ezpeleta	1789–1797
Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz	2 January 1797 – 16 September 1803
Antonio José Amar y Borbón	16 September 1803 – 20 July 1810
Francisco Javier Venegas***	20 July 1810 - 21 March 1812
Benito Pérez Brito	21 March 1812 – November 1812
Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi	16 April 1816 – 9 March 1818
Juan José de Sámano y Uribarri	9 March 1818 – August 1819
Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón	1819–1821

*Acting viceroy (without the formal title).

**In 1723, the Viceroyalty was dissolved. Its government returned to the Presidency of the New Kingdom of Granada, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, until the reestablishment of the separate viceroyalty in 1739.

***He was named to the post but did not formally occupy it.

Introduction

Viceroys

See also