Second Mexican Provincial Council

The Second Mexican Provincial Council was a 1565 provincial council of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Mexico.

Alonso de Montúfar, the archbishop of Mexico, convened the council on November 8, 1565.

[1] A major topic was the implementation of the decrees of the Council of Trent.

[2] The council petitioned Philip II of Spain to reduce the number of Indians allowed to work as musicians.

[3] It reiterated the decree of the First Mexican Provincial Council that natives could not be ordained as priests.