Francisco de Paula Bucarelli

Francisco de Paula Bucareli y Ursúa (18 September 1708 April 1780) was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Rio de la Plata from 1766 to 1770 and viceroy of Navarre from 1773 to 1780.

Biography

Youth He was the fourth son of a family of Seville nobility. His father was Luis José Bucareli y Henestrosa (1675-1740), second Marquis of Vallehermoso, and his mother was Ana de Ursúa y Lasso de la Vega (1686-1759), fourth Countess of Gerena. One of his brothers was Antonio María de Bucareli, Governor of Cuba, and Viceroy of New Spain.

As Governor of Navarra, he had dealings with the Jesuits.

Eviction of the Jesuits from Rio de la Plata In December 1765, he was named Governor of the Rio de la Plata, based in Buenos Aires, where he arrived in August 1766. Beforehand, the Esquilache Riots had taken place in Madrid, which were blamed on the Jesuits. King Charles III decided to expel the Jesuits from his Empire and gave instructions to Bucareli directly before his departure, to expel the Jesuits from the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. He had to pass the order to the Governor of Chile, the Audiencia of Charcas and the Viceroyalty of Peru for them to do likewise.