Payo Enríquez de Rivera
Payo Enríquez Afán de Rivera (also in a different spelling: Ribera ) (born April 12, 1613 or 1622 in Seville , Spain ; † April 8, 1684 in Ávila , Spain) was a Spanish clergyman and bishop of the Roman Catholic Church , who served as Viceroy of New Spain officiated.
Life
Origin and education
Payo Enríquez de Rivera was born the illegitimate son of Fernando Afán de Ribera , Duke of Alcalá, who was serving as military commander of Seville at the time. He received schooling in his hometown and entered the Augustinian order . He studied theology at Osuna University , where he also took on teaching duties. At the same time he was head of several Augustinian monasteries in Castile . He later taught at the universities of Burgos , Valladolid and Alcalá de Henares .
Tenure as Bishop of Guatemala
In Alcalá de Henares de Rivera met King Philip IV , who apparently held him in high regard. Soon after, in July 1657, he arranged for Pope Alexander VII. De Rivera to be appointed bishop of Guatemala . At the end of 1658 he took over his diocese in Central America. There he ordained the first Bethlehem Brothers as priests, who followed the Franciscan Peter of Betancurt .
In 1668 Pope Clement IX transferred him . in the Diocese of Michoacán in Mexico. He set out on the trip and learned along the way that he had been appointed Archbishop of Mexico .
Term of office as Archbishop of Mexico
During his tenure as Archbishop he was one of the supporters and confidants of the poet Juana Inés de la Cruz .
Tenure as Viceroy of New Spain
When Viceroy Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal died in December 1673 after only six days in office , the Real Audiencia had, as usual, a sealed envelope with a designated successor. To this the court in Madrid had chosen Archbishop Enríquez de Rivera. His tenure, during which de Rivera remained archbishop, lasted over seven years. He initiated improvements in the infrastructure, such as the water supply for Villa Guadalupe or the construction of several bridges in Mexico City . The drainage system for the Mexico Valley was also significantly advanced. In terms of foreign policy, he too had to fight against foreign pirates. In 1677 he founded the city of Paso del Norte in the north , today's Ciudad Juárez . Tired of the double burden of the viceroy and archbishop's official duties, he asked in Spain for his replacement from both offices, which he was granted in 1680. He handed over the office of viceroy in November 1680 and that of archbishop in June 1681 to his successors.
Before returning to Spain, he left his property to an orphanage and bequeathed his library to the oratory in Mexico. In Spain he retired to the Santa María del Risco monastery in Ávila , where he died in April 1684.
literature
- Juana Vázquez Gómez: Dictionary of Mexican Rulers, 1325– . Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport CT 1997, ISBN 0-313-30049-6 , pp. 32-33 ( Google Books ).
Web links
- Biography (PDF; Spanish)
- Biography (spanish)
- Biography (spanish)
- Short biography (Spanish)
- Entry on Payo Enríquez de Rivera on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal |
Viceroy of New Spain 1673–1680 |
Tomás Antonio de la Cerda y Aragon |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Enríquez de Rivera, Payo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Enríquez Afán de Rivera, Payo (full name); Enríquez de Ribera, Payo (alternative spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1613 or 1622 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seville , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1684 |
| Place of death | Ávila , Spain |