Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela
General Inquisitor of Spain
Died when: 83 years 311 days (1006 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila, 13 January 1512 – 20 November 1594) was a prominent Catholic official 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, Mexico, Vasco de Quiroga, (1470 - 1565).
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