# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaspar-de-quiroga-y-vela
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:34.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaspar-de-quiroga-y-vela"
name: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
slug: "gaspar-de-quiroga-y-vela"
description: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (13 January 1512 – 20 November 1594) was a prominent Spanish churchman 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 in Mexico, Vasco de Quiroga."
tagline: "General Inquisitor of Spain, 1573-1594"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El_cardenal_Gaspar_Quiroga_(Museo_del_Prado).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1512-01-13"
deathDate: "1594-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.20864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاسبار دى كيروجا واى فيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Quiroga_y_Vela"
    title: "Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump