José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (September 30, 1765, City of Valladolid, now Morelia, Michoacán – December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of México) is a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who leads the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811.

He is later captured by the Spanish colonial authorities and executed for treason in 1815.