Puebla, Pue., Mexico *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# *#*#*#*# Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza re-started (requested by King Philip IV) and consecrated the Puebla Cathedral, the first Cathedral to be consecrated in New Spain, in fewer than nine years, from 1640-1659. the cathedral had been begun in 1575 per orders of Philip II. DSCN2585