Fernando Rivera y Moncada
2rd [[Governor of the Californias]]
In office July 9, 1770 – 1777
Preceded by	Gaspar de Portolá
Succeeded by	Felipe de Neve
Personal details
Born	c. 1725 near Compostela, Mexico
Died	July 18, 1781(1781-07-18) (aged 55–56) lower Colorado River
Profession	Soldier and military governor
Military service
Allegiance	Spain

Fernando de Rivera y Moncada (1711– 18 July 1781) was a Spanish commandant of the Californias. He was a native of Compostela, Nayarit. He served in the military at Loreto, Baja California, in 1742. He explored the Bahía de Sebastián Vizcaíno with the Jesuit Fernando Consag in 1751.