Pedro Moya de Contreras

The Most Reverend Pedro Moya de Contreras
Viceroy of New Spain
In office September 25, 1584 – October 17, 1585
Monarch	Philip II of Spain
Preceded by	Luis de Villanueva y Zapata
Succeeded by	Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga
President of Council of the Indies
In office 1585 – December 21, 1591
Archbishop of Mexico
Archdiocese	Mexico
Installed	June 17, 1573
Term ended	December 7, 1591
Predecessor	Alonso de Montúfar
Successor	Alonso Fernández de Bonilla
Orders
Ordination	November 21, 1573
Consecration	by Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina
Personal details
Born	c. 1527 Pedroche, Córdoba, Spain
Died	December 21, 1591 (aged 63–64) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Pedro Moya de Contreras (sometimes Pedro de Moya y Contreras) (c. 1528, Pedroche, Córdoba Province, Spain – December 21, 1591, Madrid) was a prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and Viceroy of Mexico, September 25, 1584 – October 17, 1585. He was the 6th Viceroy, governing from September 25, 1584, to October 16, 1585. During this interval he held all three positions.