▁in ▁ 1 6 9 6 , ▁asked ▁the ▁King ▁Charles ▁II ▁of ▁Spain ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁recently ▁founded ▁Royal ▁Sem inary ▁of ▁San ▁Jose . ▁This ▁way , ▁a ▁long ▁century ▁of ▁arrang ements ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁began . ▁Chron olog ically , ▁the ▁second ▁oldest ▁in ▁Mexico , ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁and ▁the ▁four teenth ▁in ▁Latin ▁America . ▁ ▁The ▁proposition ▁of ▁Fri ar ▁F eli pe ▁was ▁re cons ider ed ▁by ▁the ▁lawyer ▁M ati as ▁Angel ▁de ▁la ▁M ota ▁Pad illa , ▁who , ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 0 , ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁involve ▁the ▁Gu adal aj ara ' s ▁city ▁hall ▁into ▁the ▁project . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁only ▁after ▁the ▁ban ishment ▁of ▁all ▁Company ▁of ▁Jesus ' ▁members ▁from ▁all ▁Spain ' s ▁territ ories ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁need ▁of ▁a ▁university ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁Nueva ▁Gal icia ▁was ▁relevant . ▁This ▁occurred ▁because ▁the ▁Company ▁of ▁Jesus ▁managed ▁the ▁two ▁most ▁important ▁colleg es ▁in ▁the ▁city : ▁the ▁Santo ▁Tom as ▁College ▁and ▁the ▁San ▁Juan ▁B aut ista ▁College . ▁Moreover , ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 7 7 1 ▁arrived ▁to ▁Gu adal aj ara ▁the ▁new ▁bishop ▁to ▁Nueva ▁Gal icia , ▁Fri ar ▁Antonio ▁Al cal de ▁y ▁Bar r iga , ▁who ▁significantly ▁supported ▁the ▁foundation ▁of ▁the ▁University .