Francisco Coloma y Maceda

Francisco Coloma y Maceda, Marqués of Canales de Chozas (1617 – 25 September 1677) was a Spanish oidor and licentiate who served as the 29th governor-general of the Philippines.

This position was challenged by Francisco Sotomayor y Mansilla, who was also part of the Real Audiencia, arguing that he was supposed to be the senior auditor.

[3] When a coup replaced Salcedo with Juan Manuel de la Peña Bonifaz on 28 September 1668, the new administration had Sotomayor and the rest of the members of the Real Audiencia locked up outside Manila.

While Coloma remained in the city, the associates of de la Peña terrorized his wife so that he could not act on the matter.

[3] However, it was beyond the knowledge of de la Peña that King Charles II of Spain already appointed a new governor on 24 June 1668.

He arrived in the Philippines by July 1669, and when he took office in Manila on 24 September of the same year, he put all those involved in the coup to trial.

[4] Coloma was with Governor de León when the latter went to the convent of Tondo, Manila, with full military display.

On the same day, Coloma, then presiding over the Real Audiencia of Manila as senior auditor, succeeded as governor-general.