Royal Governor of Panama

Last updated • 5 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The royal governor of Panama ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known first as the colony of Darién and later as the colony of Castilla de Oro (part of Spanish colony of Peru), which in 1529 was renamed Panamá. This district was subordinated to the Viceroyalty of New Granada on August 20, 1739. There were 113 such governors or presidents during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism.

Contents

Governors of Darien

Appointed by Charles I

Charles I

Appointed by Charles I

Governors of Panamá

Appointed by Charles I

The Real Audiencia governed between 1539 and 1543

Appointed by Philip II

Appointed by Philip III

Appointed by Philip IV

Appointed by Charles II

The Real Audiencia governed until the designation of a new governor

Appointed by Philip V

Appointed by Ferdinand VI

Appointed by Charles III

Appointed by Charles IV

Appointed by Ferdinand VII

Sources

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Governor of Yucatán</span>

The governor of the State of Yucatan is the head of the executive branch of the Mexican state of Yucatán, elected to a six-year-term and not eligible for reelection. The figure of the governor is established on the Constitution of the State of Yucatan on its Title Fifth. The term of the Governor begins on October 1 of the year of the election and finishes September 30, six years later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba</span> Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Cuba

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Cuba. It is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: Guantánamo-Baracoa, Holguín and Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima</span> Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Peru

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga</span> Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Spain

The Diocese of Málaga is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal see is the city of Málaga. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias</span> Diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain

The Diocese of Canarias or Diocese Canariense-Rubicense is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Canary Islands in the ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain. The dioceses includes the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. However, it does not include the whole archipelago, since the Diocese of Tenerife includes the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. For this reason, the use of the name of the archipelago is currently a very controversial topic in the Canary Islands. It has recently emerged between the society of Lanzarote the desire to recover the diocesan headquarters of San Marcial del Rubicón.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayor of Valenzuela</span>

The mayor of Valenzuela, a highly urbanized city in northern Metro Manila, Philippines, is the official head and chief executive of Valenzuela. He leads on enforcing city ordinances and improving public services. The mayor has a term of office of three years, but has a maximum electoral tenure of three consecutive terms. Inaugural holder of the office was Pío Valenzuela (1869–1956), served from 1899 to 1901, for whom the city was named.