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This is a list of Colonial Governors of Honduras . The first governor who ruled this colony was
Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón between 1525 and 1526, although Honduras was not conquered and pacified until 1536 by
Pedro de Alvarado .
During Honduras's colonial period, the territory went through three periods: In the first (1525 – 26 Jun 1787), the people who ruled Honduras were recognized as Governors . In the second period (26 June 1787 – 1812), Honduras was ruled by so-called Governor-Intendants , while in the third period (4 February 1812 – 28 September 1821), Honduras was ruled from
Guatemala . So, the people who ruled Honduras in this period were Mayors .
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Governors
Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (d. 1529): 1525 – 27 October 1526
Diego López de Salcedo: 27 October 1526 – 1530
Andrés de Cerezeda (d. c.1540): 1530 – 1532 (1st time)
Diego Alvítez: 1532
Andrés de Cerezeda: 1532 – 1535 (2nd time)
Francisco de Montejo : 1535 – 1540 (1st time)
Diego Garcia de Celis: 1541 – 1542
Francisco de Montejo: 1542 – 1544 (2nd time)
Juan Pérez de Cabrera: 1552 – 1555
Pedro de Salvatierra: 1555 – 1562
Alonso Ortiz de Elgueta : 1563 – 1564
Alonso Ortiz de Argueta : 1564 - 1567.
Juan de Vargas Carvajal: 1567 – 1570
Juan de Soto Pachón: 1570 - 1573
Diego de Herrera: 1573 – 1577
Alonso de Contreras Guevara: 1577 – 1582
Rodrigo Ponce de León: 1582 – 1589
Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza : 1589 – 1594
Rodrigo Ponce de León: (2º term) 1594 – 1602
Jorge de Alvarado y Villafañe : 1602 – 1605
Pedro de Castro: 1605 – 1608
Juan Guerra de Ayala: 1608 – 1612
García Garabito de León: 1612 – 1617
Juan Lobato: 1617 – 1620
Juan de Miranda: 1620 – 1625
Pedro del Rosal: 1625 – 1632
Francisco Martínez de la Ribamontan Santander: 1632 – 1639
Francisco de Ávila y Lugo: 1639 – 1641
Alonso de Silva Salazar: 1641 – 1643
Juan de Bustamante Herrera: 1643 – 1644
Melchor Alonso Tamayo: 1644 – 1647
Baltasar de la Cruz: 1647 – 1650
Juan de Zuazo: 1650 – 1668
Juan Márquez Cabrera : 1668 – 1672
Pedro de Godoy Ponce de León: 1673 – 1676
Francisco de Castro y Ayala: 1676 – 1679
Lorenzo Ramírez de Guzmán: 1679 – 1682
Antonio de Navia y Bolaños: 1682 – 1687
Sancho Ordóñez: 1689 – 1693
Antonio de Oseguera y Quevedo: 1693 – 1698
Antonio de Ayala: 1698 – 1702
Antonio de Monfort: 1702 – 1705
Gregorio de Salinas Varona : 1705 – 1709
Enrique Longman: 1712 – 1715
José Rodezno: 1715 – 1717
Diego Gutiérrez de Argüelles: 1717 – 1727
Manuel de Castilla y Portugal: 1727 – 1738
Francisco de Parga: 1738 – 1741
Tomás Hermenegildo de Arana: 1741 – 1745
Luis Machado: 1745 – 1746
Juan de Vera: 1746 – 1747
Alonso Fernández de Heredia : 1747
Diego de Tablada (interim): 14 junio 1747 – 1750
Pedro Trucco (interim): 1750 – 1751
Pantaleón Ibáñez Cuevas: 2 July 1751 – 1757
Fulgencio García de Solís : 1757 – 1759
Gabriel Franco (interim): 1759 – 1761
José Sáenz Bahamonde: 1761 – 1769 (death)
Juan Antonio González: (interim) 1769 – 13 May 1770
Antonio Ferrandis (interim): 13 May 1770 – 1770
Bartolomé Pérez Quijano: 1770 – 1775
Agustín Pérez Quijano: 1775 – 1779
Francisco Aybar: 1779 – 1783
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo : 11 August 1783 – 26 June 1787
Governor-Intendants
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo: 26 Jun 1787 – 1789
Alejo García Conde: 7 May 1789 – 1796
Ramón de Anguiano: June 1796 – 1808
Antonio Noberto Serrano y Polo (b. 1753 – d. 1820): 1804 – 1810 (acting for absent Anguiano)
Carlos Castañón: 1810 – 1812
Mayors
Since 1812, the Governors of Honduras became in Mayors, because Honduras was governed from
Guatemala .
José María Píñol y Muñoz: January 1812 – 4 Feb 1812 (acting for Castañón)
Juan Francisco Marqués: 4 Feb 1812 – 1 Mar 1812
Pedro Gutiérrez: 1 Mar 1812 – Apr 1812
Juan Antonio de Tornos: Apr 1812 – 1818
José Gregorio Tinoco de Contreras (b. c.1780 – d. 18..): 1818 – 21 Nov 1821
Juan Nepomuceno Fernandez Lindo y Zelaya (acting) (b. 1790 – d. 1857): 21 November 1821 – 28 September 1822
See also
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