Diego Osorio de Escobar
Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (* 1608 in La Coruña , Spain ; † October 14, 1673 in Puebla , today Mexico ) was a Spanish clergyman and bishop of the Roman Catholic Church , who served as Viceroy of New Spain.
Life
Osorio was vicar general and inquisitor in Toledo . He did not belong to any monastic order , so was part of the secular clergy; however, he was said to have sympathies with the Jesuit order . On August 2, 1655, he was called to the Bishop of Tlaxcala in Puebla, Mexico; he traveled to the new world and was ordained on July 25, 1656. He was later offered the office of Archbishop of Mexico City , but he declined.
Due to his experience in leading the diocese of Tlaxcala in Puebla, the Spanish court considered him a suitable candidate to lead the viceroyalty on an interim basis when the incumbent Juan de Leyva y de la Cerda was deposed in 1664 on serious accusations of infidelity.
The appointment letter was intercepted by the viceroy's henchmen, so Bishop Osorie moved to Mexico City with an angry crowd to force Leyva's deposition. Osorio took over the affairs of state until the arrival of his successor, Antonio Sebastián de Toledo , who was sent from Spain .
This was evidently not easy for him, who was far from worldly affairs. He tried a government in the spiritual sense, forbade the carrying of arms and restricted the serving of alcohol, which brought him no sympathy among the people.
He sent financial aid to Cuba to take up the fight against British pirates and ordered the fortification of the city of Campeche . He also noticeably improved the postal system.
When the new viceroy took over his office, Osorio returned to Puebla, where he died in 1673.
literature
- Juana Vázquez Gómez: Dictionary of Mexican Rulers, 1325–1997 . Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport CT 1997, ISBN 0-313-30049-6 , pp. 31 ( Google Books [accessed June 19, 2015]).
Web links
- Biography (PDF; Spanish)
- Short biography (Spanish)
- Short biography (Spanish)
- Entry on Diego Osorio de Escobar on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Juan de Leyva y de la Cerda |
Viceroy of New Spain in 1664 |
Antonio Sebastián de Toledo |
| Juan de Palafox y Mendoza |
Bishop of Tlaxcala 1655–1664 |
Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Osorio de Escobar, Diego |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Osorio de Escobar y Llamas, Diego (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Tlaxcala and Viceroy of New Spain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1608 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Coruña , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1673 |
| Place of death | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza , Mexico |