Gaspar Cardinal Zúñiga y Avellaneda †

Deceased

Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Barbara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1507²		Born
27 Jun 1550	43.4	Appointed	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
21 Oct 1558	51.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
22 Jun 1569	62.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
17 May 1570	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal
16 Jun 1570	63.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Barbara
2 Jan 1571	64.0	Died	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda
(VIAF: 211150323666009971681; WikiData: Q1084566)
Gaspar Cardinal Zúñiga y Avellaneda (born 1507, died 2 Jan 1571) Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}

Consistory - 1570: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Castle of Cáceres, Diocese of Palencia
Death Place Jaén, Diocese of Jaén
Buried Place (Original) Santa María de la Antigua chapel, Cathedral, Sevilla, Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}

a cardinal for .6 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Melchor Cano, O.P. † (1553)
Bishop Fernando de Tricio Arenzana † (1565)
Bishop Pedro de la Peña, O.P. † (1565)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Castle of Cáceres, Diocese of Palencia
Death Place	Jaén, Diocese of Jaén
Buried Place (Original)	Santa María de la Antigua chapel, Cathedral, Sevilla, Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 17 May 1570
b: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 63, Number 355
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 296, and Page 173
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 211
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1550, Number 26*

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