| Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos | |
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| 14ºGovernor of the Spanish Colony of Texas | |
| In office 1730 – 1734 |
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| Preceded by | Melchor de Mediavilla y Azcona |
| Succeeded by | Manuel de Sandoval |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | unknown |
| Profession | Political and soldadier |
Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos (Zevallos) was a soldier and governor of Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. He also served as alcalde ordinario in Mexico City.
Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos was born between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He settled in Texas in 1723, living in this state for twelve years. In seven of them (1724–31) he served as captain of the Presidio of Our Lady of Loreto in La Bahia del Espiritu Santo. In 1730, he helped restore Queretaro missions in East Texas in San Antonio. His success in this mission was such that the following year, in 1731, the viceroy of New Spain appointed him governor of Texas, thus leaving the position of captain in presidio. His administration was marked by the contribution in the establishment of settlers from the Canary Islands in San Antonio and the foundation, the following year (1732) of war in the rivers of San Xavier (San Gabriel) and San Saba against the Apaches. The expedition consisted of 160 Spanish and sixty Amerindians. However, the Apaches defeated the Spanish.There followed a brief period of peace between them. Later, in 1734, Bustillo resigned as governor of Texas, leaving the government's place to Manuel de Sandoval, and he returned to Mexico. Here, he won major political offices. Thus, he was appointed ordinary mayor of Mexico City and in 1751, he was a member of the Audiencia Real, the highest administrative court of the New Spain. This year, the audience, of which he was a member, approved the founding of the San Xavier missions, although this had raised objections against the Foundation in 1746. Three years later, on December 21, 1754, when he was already deputy governor and acting governor of Coahuila, Bustillo and Franciscan Alonso Giraldo de Terreros founded Mission San Lorenzo Apache, near San Fernando de Austria, Coahuila.[1]