Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles and Osma
Blessed Juan de Palafox
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Osma
Appointed	16 August 1653
Term ended	1 October 1659
Predecessor	Antonio Valdés Herrera
Successor	Nicolás Martinez, O.S.H.
Other post(s)	Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (1639–1653)
Orders
Ordination	April 1629 by Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera
Consecration	27 December 1639 by Cardinal Agustín de Spínola Basadone
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 24 June 1600 Fitero, Navarre, Spain
Died	1 October 1659(1659-10-01) (aged 59) Osma, Soria, Spain
Buried	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma, El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain
Sainthood
Feast day	1 October
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Blessed
Beatified	5 June 2011 Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma, El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
18th Viceroy of New Spain
In office 10 June 1642 – 23 November 1642
Monarch	Philip IV
Preceded by	Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla
Succeeded by	Diego García Sarmiento de Sotomayor

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (26 June 1600 – 1 October 1659) was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico.

Palafox was the Bishop of Puebla (1640−1655), and the interim Archbishop of Mexico (1640−1642). He also held political office, from 10 June 1642 to 23 November 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 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.