Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor, (México 1585? – † ? ); Spanish

oidor An ''oidor'' () was a judge of the Royal ''Audiencias'' and ''Chancillerías'', originally courts of Kingdom of Castile, which became the highest organs of justice within the Spanish Empire. The term comes from the verb ''oír'', "to hear," referr ...

, lawyer of the Real Audiencia of Chile. After the death of governor

Lope de Ulloa y Lemos Lope de Ulloa y Lemos (1572? in Galicia – December 8, 1620 in Concepcion, Chile, Concepcion); Spanish soldier designated by the viceroy of Peru Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Prince of Esquilache, carried out the position of Captain General and G ...

he assumed the temporary governance of Chile for eleven months, between December 1620 and November 1621.

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* Royal Governors of Chile 1580s births 17th-century deaths Viceroyalty of Peru people {{Chile-law-bio-stub