Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela
Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo Primate of Spain | |
Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Appointed | 6 September 1577 |
| Term ended | 12 November 1594 |
| Predecessor | Bartolomé Carranza |
| Successor | Albert of Austria |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina (1578–94) |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Cuenca (1571–77) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 15 April 1572 by Diego de Espinosa |
| Created cardinal | 15 December 1578 by Pope Gregory XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1512 Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain |
| Died | 20 November 1594 (aged 82) Madrid, Spain |
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Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (13 January 1512 – 20 November 1594) was a prominent Spanish churchman who rose to become General Inquisitor of Spain, from 1573 to 1594, and Archbishop of Toledo from 1577 to 1594. He was named a Cardinal by Pope Gregory XIII in 1578. He was the nephew of the 1st Bishop of Michoacán in Mexico, Vasco de Quiroga (died 1565).