Governorate of Paraguay

Governorate of Paraguay
Gobernación del Paraguay
Governorate of Paraguay Gobernación del Paraguay
1617–1782
	Cross of Burgundy (Flag of the Viceroyalty of Peru)
Status	Governorate of the Viceroyalty of Peru ; ; Part of the Spanish Empire
Capital	Asunción
Common languages	Spanish, Guaraní
Religion	Roman Catholic
Historical era	Spanish Empire
• Created from the split of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and of Paraguay	December 16 1617
• Added to the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	1782
ISO 3166 code	PY
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Governorate of the Río de la Plata
Intendency of Paraguay

Last updated February 03, 2026

The Governorate of Paraguay (Spanish : Gobernación del Paraguay), originally called the Governorate of Guayrá, was a governorate of the Spanish Empire and part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Its seat was the city of Asunción; its territory roughly encompassed the modern day country of Paraguay.

The Governorate was created on December 16, 1617, by the royal decree of King Philip III as a split of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and of Paraguay into its respective halves. The Governorate lasted until 1782, after which the massive Viceroyalty of Peru was split, and Paraguay became an intendency (intendencia) of the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

List of governors of Paraguay

Governors and interim governors of Paraguay^[1]
Name	Start of rule	End of rule	King of Spain
Hernando Arias de Saavedra	1615	1617	Philip III
Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza [ es ]	1618	1621	Philip III
Manuel de Frías [ es ]	21 October 1621	1627	Philip IV
Luis de Céspedes García Xería [ es ]	1630	1633
Martín de Ledesma Valderrama [ es ]	1633	1636
Pedro Lugo de Navarra [ es ]	1636	1641
Juan de Velasco Villasanti	1641	27 June 1641
Gregorio de Hinestrosa	27 June 1641	2 February 1647
Diego de Escobar y Osorio	2 February 1647	26 February 1649
Bernardino de Cárdenas	4 March 1649	1 October 1649
Sebastián de León y Zárate [ es ]	1 October 1649	10 October 1650
Andrés Garabito de León [ es ]	10 October 1650	26 July 1653
Cristóbal de Garay y Saavedra [ es ]	26 July 1653	21 September 1656
Juan Antonio Blázquez de Valverde [ es ]	21 September 1656	24 September 1659
Alonso Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Figueroa [ es ]	24 September 1659	25 August 1662
Juan Diez de Andino [ es ]	25 August 1662	13 April 1671
Juan Diez de Andino [ es ]	25 August 1662	13 April 1671	Charles II
Francisco Rege Corvalán [ es ]	13 April 1671	1676
Diego Ibáñez de Farías [ es ]	1676	1681
Juan Diez de Andino [ es ]	7 October 1681	August 1684
Antonio de Vera Mujica [ es ]	18 October 1684	30 October 1684
Alonso Fernández Montiel	30 October 1684	30 October 1685
Francisco de Monfort [ es ]	30 October 1685	2 August 1691
Sebastián Félix de Mendiola [ es ]	22 October 1692	4 December 1696
Juan Rodríguez Cota [ es ]	4 December 1696	27 June 1702
Juan Rodríguez Cota [ es ]	4 December 1696	27 June 1702	Philip V
Antonio de Escobar y Gutiérrez [ es ]	27 June 1702	1705
José Ávalos de Mendoza [ es ]	1705	26 September 1705
Sebastián Félix de Mendiola [ es ]	26 September 1705	9 February 1706
Baltazar García Ros	9 February 1706	10 October 1707
Manuel de Robles Lorenzana [ es ]	10 October 1707	5 June 1713
Juan Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza [ es ]	5 June 1713	23 January 1717
Andrés Ortiz de Ocampo [ es ]	23 January 1717	5 February 1717
Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda	5 February 1717	20 August 1721
José de Antequera y Castro	14 September 1721	5 March 1725
Ramón de las Llanas	5 March 1725	29 April 1725
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala	29 April 1725	4 May 1725
Martín de Barúa	4 May 1725	28 December 1730
Ignacio de Soroeta	28 December 1730	25 January 1731
Vacant (Revolt of the Comuneros).^[2] The comuneros established a Junta Gubernativa presided over by: José Luis Bareiro (1731) Miguel de Garay (1731–1732) Antonio Ruiz de Arellano (1732–1733)	25 January 1731	27 July 1733
Agustín de Ruyloba	27 July 1733	14 September 1733
Juan de Arregui y Gutiérrez	27 September 1733	9 December 1733
Cristóbal Domínguez de Ovelar [ es ]	9 December 1733	1735
Bruno Mauricio de Zabala	30 March 1735	1735
José Martín de Echauri [ es ]	1735	7 November 1740
Rafael de la Moneda [ es ]	7 November 1740	August 1747
Rafael de la Moneda [ es ]	7 November 1740	August 1747	Ferdinand VI
Marcos José Larrazábal [ es ]	August 1747	10 November 1749
Jaime Sanjust [ es ]	10 November 1749	2 April 1761
Jaime Sanjust [ es ]	10 November 1749	2 April 1761	Charles III
José Martínez Fontes [ es ]	2 April 1761	23 July 1764
Fulgencio Yegros y Ledesma [ es ]	23 July 1764	29 September 1766
Carlos Morphi	29 September 1766	23 August 1772
Agustín Fernando de Pinedo [ es ]	23 August 1772	1 February 1778
Pedro Melo de Portugal	1 February 1778	21 August 1787

References

↑ Colección de obras y documentos relativos a la historia antigua y moderna de las provincias del Río de la Plata. 1836, Pedro de Angelis.
↑ López, Adalberto (2007) [first published 1976]. The Colonial History of Paraguay: The Revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7658-0745-8.

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[1] Colección de obras y documentos relativos a la historia antigua y moderna de las provincias del Río de la Plata. 1836, Pedro de Angelis.

[2] López, Adalberto (2007) [first published 1976]. The Colonial History of Paraguay: The Revolt of the Comuneros, 1721-1735. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7658-0745-8.

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