List of colonial governors of Santo Domingo

First Spanish Capitancy 1492–1801

Governors and Viceroys of the Indies

• 1492–1500 Admiral Christopher Columbus, as Viceroy of the Indies
• 1496–1498 Bartolomeo Columbus, as Adelantado
• 1500–1502 Comendador Francisco de Bobadilla, as Governor of the Indies
• 1502–1509 Comendador Frey Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as Governor of the Indies
• 1509–1518 Second Admiral Diego Columbus, as Governor of the Indies until 1511, thereafter as Viceroy of the Indies
• 1515–1516 Licentiate Cristóbal Lebrón, in connection with Royal Audiencia
• 1516–1519 Luis de Figueroa, Bernardino de Manzanedo, and Ildefonso de Santo Domingo, friars of the order of San Jerónimo
• 1519–1520 Licentiate Rodrigo de Figueroa
• 1520–1524 Second Admiral Diego Columbus
• 1524–1528 Royal Audiencia, in connection with judges Gaspar de Espinosa and Alonso de Zuazo

Governors and Captains-General

• 1528–1531 Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, Bishop of Santo Domingo and Concepción de la Vega
• 1531–1533 Alonso de Zuazo and the Royal Audiencia
• 1533–1540 Licentiate Alonso de Fuenmayor, Bishop of Santo Domingo and Concepción de la Vega
• 1540–1543 Third Admiral Luis Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua
• 1543–1549 Licentiate Alonso López de Cerrato
• 1549–1556 Licentiate Alonso de Fuenmayor, Archbishop of Santo Domingo
• 1556–1558 Licentiate Alonso de Maldonado
• 1558–1560 Licentiate Juan López Cepeda
• 1560–1561 Juan Echagoyan
• 1561–1564 Alonso Arias de Herrera
• 1564–1565 Antonio de Osorio
• 1565–1567 Alonso de Grajeda
• 1567–1568 Licentiate Diego de Vera
• 1568–1572 Antonio de Mexia
• 1572–1576 Francisco de Vera
• 1576–1581 Gregorio González de Cuenca
• 1581–1583 Licentiate Arceo
• 1583–1587 Licentiate Cristóbal de Ovalle
• 1590–1597 Lope de Vega Portocarrero
• 1597–1601 Diego de Osorio
• 1601–1608 Antonio de Osorio
• 1608–1624 Diego Gómez de Sandoval
• 1624–1634 Diego de Acuña
• 1634–1646 Maestre de Campo Juan Bitrián de Viamonte
• 1646–1649 Nicolás Velasco Altamirano
• 1649–1652 Maestre de Campo Gabriel de Chaves Osorio
• 1652–1657 Bernardino Meneses y Bracamonte, Count of Peñalba
• 1657–1658 Félix de Zúñiga y Avellaneda
• 1658–1660 Andrés Pérez Franco
• 1660–1662 Juan Francisco de Montemayor Córdoba y Cuenca
• 1662–1670 Juan de Balboa y Mogrovejo
• 1670–1671 Pedro de Carvajal y Cobos
• 1671–1677 Maestre de Campo Ignacio de Zayas Bazán
• 1677–1679 Dr. Juan de Padilla Guardiola y Guzmán
• 1679–1684 Maestre de Campo Francisco de Segura Sandoval y Castilla
• 1684–1689 Maestre de Campo Andrés de Robles
• 1689–1698 Admiral Ignacio Pérez Caro
• 1698–1699 Maestre de Campo Gil Correoso Catalán
• 1699–1702 Severino de Manzaneda
• 1702–1706 Admiral Ignacio Pérez Caro
• 1706–1707 Licentiate Sebastián de Cerezada y Girón
• 1707–1713 Guillermo Morfi
• 1713–1714 Brigadier Pedro de Niela y Torres
• 1714–1715 Colonel Antonio Landeche
• 1715–1723 Brigadier Fernando Constanzo y Ramírez, Knight of Santiago
• 1723–1732 Colonel Francisco de la Rocha y Ferrer
• 1732–1739 Brigadier Alfonso de Castro y Mazo
• 1739–1750 Brigadier Pedro Zorrilla y de San Martín, Marquis of la Gándara Real
• 1750 Brigadier Juan José Colomo
• 1750–1751 Lieutenant Rey José de Zunnier de Basteros
• 1751–1759 Brigadier Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda
• 1759–1771 Field-Marshal Manuel de Azlor y Urries
• 1771–1779 Brigadier José Solano y Bote
• 1779–1785 Brigadier Isidoro de Peralta y Rojas
• 1785–1786 Colonel Joaquín García y Moreno
• 1786–1788 Brigadier Manuel González de Torres
• 1788–1801 Brigadier Joaquín García y Moreno

French Capitancy

Governors

• 1801–1802 General Toussaint Louverture
• 1802–1803 General Antoine Nicolas Kerverseau
• 1803–1808 General Jean-Louis Ferrand
• 1808–1809 General Joseph-David de Barquier

Second Spanish Capitancy 1809–1821

Governors and Captains-General

• 1809–1811 Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez
• 1811–1813 Colonel Manuel Caballero y Masot
• 1813–1818 Brigadier Carlos de Urrutia y Matos
• 1818–1821 Brigadier Sebastián Kindelán y O´Regan
• 1821 Brigadier Pascual Real

Spanish Province 1861–1865

Governors and Captains-General

• 1861–1862 Lieutenant-General Pedro Santana
• 1862–1863 Lieutenant-General Felipe Ribero y Lemoine
• 1863–1864 Brigadier Carlos de Vargas
• 1864–1865 Lieutenant-General José de la Gándara y Navarro

See also

• Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
  • Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo
• History of the Dominican Republic

Sources

• (in Spanish) Gobernadores Isla de Santa Domingo