Viceroy of New Granada

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The Viceroy of New Granada was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial authority in the New Granada region (including present-day Colombia and neighboring areas), overseeing administration, justice, and defense.

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Viceroy of New Granada canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office
viceroyal position
appliesToJurisdiction Viceroyalty of New Granada
surface form: New Granada

Viceroyalty of New Granada
present-day Colombia
present-day Ecuador
present-day Panama
present-day Venezuela
capital Bogotá
surface form: Santa Fe de Bogotá
country Spanish Empire
endCause Latin American independence movements
surface form: Latin American wars of independence

independence of New Granada territories
endTime early 19th century
equivalentOffice Viceroy of New Spain
Viceroy of Peru
firstHolder Jorge de Villalonga
governmentalRole head of colonial government in New Granada
representative of the Spanish king in New Granada
hasDuty administer justice
collect royal revenues
enforce royal decrees
organize defense
oversee colonial administration
promote Catholic evangelization
supervise local officials
hasPower appoint subordinate colonial officials
preside over high courts in the viceroyalty
supreme civil authority in New Granada
supreme military authority in New Granada
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era in South America
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
notableOfficeHolder Antonio Caballero y Góngora
José Manuel de Ezpeleta
Juan de Sámano
Pedro Messía de la Cerda
officeCreatedBy Philip V of Spain
Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
officeHoldersConfirmedBy Council of the Indies
officeHoldersSelectedBy Spanish monarch
partOf Spanish colonial system in the Americas
positionHeldInOrganization Spanish colonial administration
reestablished 1739
religionAssociated Roman Catholicism
residence Viceroyal Palace of Santa Fe
seatOfGovernment Bogotá
surface form: Santa Fe de Bogotá
startTime 1717
subordinateTo Council of the Indies
King of Spain

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Audiencia of Bogotá subordinateTo Viceroy of New Granada
Pedro Messía de la Cerda positionHeld Viceroy of New Granada
Antonio José Amar y Borbón positionHeld Viceroy of New Granada
Sebastián de Eslava positionHeld Viceroy of New Granada
Governor of Popayán subordinateTo Viceroy of New Granada
Captain General of Venezuela subordinateTo Viceroy of New Granada