Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra

Prudencio de Orobio Y Basterra
16ª Governor of the Spanish Colony of Texas
In office 1737–40/41
Preceded by	Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo
Succeeded by	Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen
Personal details
Born	Unknown Unknown
Died	Unknown Unknown
Profession	Merchant, soldier and Governor of Texas (1737 - 1740/41)

Prudencio de Orobio Y Basterra (–?) was a Spanish merchant, soldier and government official. He was a native of Saltillo (modern Mexico) and served as the Interim Governor of Texas between 1737 and 1740/41 and Mayor of Parras de la Fuente, in Coahuila (in modern Mexico).

Initially, Orobio was a merchant of Saltillo (in present Mexico). He was the owner of the Haciendas (estates) de Santa María y Mesillas, which were given in 1707 to Captain Juan de Tameo, with ten small livestock sites, two major cattle herds and ten of Cavalry. He joined the Spanish Army during his youth, where he was promoted to Coronel.

He left the military when the governor of Nueva Vizcaya appointed him Alcalde Mayor (mayor) of Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila (modern Mexico). In 1737 he was appointed Governor of the province of Texas by the governor of Nuevo Leon José Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutia, who had investigated the mismanagement of Governor Carlos B. Franquis de Lugo.

Little is known about his administration. Osorio reportedly tried to fix all the damage that Franquis de Lugo, had done to the missions of San Antonio. After surviving a virulent epidemic in 1739, the missions grew and built the first stone buildings in these locations.

After April 1738, the governor devised military campaigns against the Apache settlements. However, even after signing peace agreements with the Apaches, assaults and "depredations" of this people around San Antonio continued between June 1738 and September 1739.

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