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Francisco Pérez de Prado y Cuesta

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Francisco Perez de Prado. General Inquisitor. In "Portraits of Spaniards" (ca.1831)

Francisco Pérez de Prado y Cuesta (1677–1755) was Bishop of Teruel from 1732 to 1755 and Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1746 to 1755.

Biography

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Francisco Pérez de Prado y Cuesta was born in Aranda de Duero on 8 December 1677.[1] He was appointed Bishop of Teruel on 14 August 1732 and consecrated as a bishop on 7 December 1732.[1] On 26 July 1746 Ferdinand VI of Spain appointed him Grand Inquisitor of Spain (and thus head of the Spanish Inquisition), and he received his commission on 22 August 1746.[2] He died on 9 July 1755.[1]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Teruel
1732–1755
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand Inquisitor of Spain
1746–1755
Succeeded by