Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solís (7 July 1783 - 4 April 1850 ) was a university professor and the Bishop of Michoacán.

Juan Cayetano Gómez de Portugal y Solís was born in San Pedro Piedra Gorda, today Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, on 7 July 1783.

[8] On 12 June 1834, President Antonio López de Santa Anna gave his support to the Plan of Cuernavaca.

The same day, Bishop Juan Cayetano Gomez de Portugal led Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City and sang the Te Deum.

[9] On 24 June in Mexico City, Santa Anna abolished the law of Ecclesiastical Trusts issued of 17 December 1833.

At the same time he appointed Gómez de Portugal y Solís] to the post of Secretary of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs in place of Andrés Quintana Roo.