Diego de Castilla [SEP] position held
Diego de Castilla
Diego de Castilla (1510/15-1584), dean of Toledo Cathedral. Castilla was of Jewish blood, and this was a major issue, since in 1547, the then-archbishop of Toledo had passed a statute of cleanliness of blood, excluding from ecclesiastical office and benefices anyone with a trace of Jewish lineage over four generations. Therefore, Castilla developed an obsession for genealogy, working tirelessly to prove his family's links to Spain's medieval kings.
On 2 July 1577, El Greco was formally
May 1515 Resigned)
- Juan Castellanos de Villalba (25 May 1515 – 23 Aug 1522 Died)
- Alonso de Castilla Zúniga (11 Mar 1523 – 8 Feb 1541 Died)
- Antonio Ramírez de Haro (27 Jun 1541 – 6 Aug 1543 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
- Juan Yanes (24 Sep 1543 – 24 Dec 1544 Died)
- Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco (17 Apr 1545 – 6 Sep 1556 Died)
- Diego Fernández de Córdoba Velasco (1 Oct 1557 – 15