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.Honduras: Chronology. Written by Ben Cahoon. Retrieved in July 21, 2014, to 20:55pm.
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 List of presidents of Honduras
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