so that the retainers who accompanied him on his visits could live there.) Also in 1662 he seized the merchandise arriving in Veracruz from Europe in order to require the Mexico City merchants for whom it was intended to contribute immediately to the funds he was remitting to Spain. Return to Spain When the complaints against the viceroy had reached an intolerable level, the Crown relieved him of his position and appointed Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas, bishop of Puebla, to serve as interim viceroy. However, de Leyva de la Cerda intercepted the orders of the Crown and continued to govern until the bishop arrived in the capital and publicly enforced his authority. De Leyva's departure from the capital was humiliating, accompanied by whistles, catcalls and stone-throwing, but also by the great relief of the people he had antagonized. Leyva sailed for Spain on 15 September 1664. When he presented himself at Court, he was severely reprimanded by the king, and barred permanently from service to the Court. Embittered after his wife died, he entered a Carmelite monastery in Madrid. There he took the name Fray Juan de San José. He sang his first mass on 27 October 1676. He retired to the monastery of San Pedro in Guadalajara, where he died in 1678. References "Leyva de la Cerda, Juan de," Enciclopedia de México, v. 8. Mexico City, 1988. García Puron, Manuel, México y sus gobernantes, v. 1. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrua, 1984. Orozco Linares, Fernando, Gobernantes de México. Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, . 1604 births 1678 deaths Counts of Spain Marquesses of Spain Viceroys of New Spain Spanish people in New Spain