Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas [SEP] position held
Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas
Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas (20 April, 1546 – 7 December, 1618) was a Spanish bishop and cardinal who was Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1608 to 1618.
Biography.
Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas was born in Aranda de Duero on April 20, 1546, the son of Hernando de Rojas y Sandoval and Maria Chacon Guevara. He was the second oldest of nine siblings. He was the uncle of Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma.
His uncle
Alva de Toledo, O.P. (31 Aug 1523 – 11 Apr 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
- Pedro Fernández Manrique (11 Apr 1537 – 7 Oct 1540 Died)
- Leopoldo de Austria (29 Apr 1541 – 27 Sep 1557 Died)
- Diego Alava Esquivel (21 Oct 1558 – 24 Mar 1562 Died)
- Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval (27 May 1562 – 18 May 1571 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
- Bernardo de Fresneda, O.F.M. (16 Nov 1571 – 14 Oct 1577 Appointed,