Grand Inquisitor - List of Spanish Grand Inquisitors

List of Spanish Grand Inquisitors

From To Grand Inquisitor Other positions held
1483 1498 Tomás de Torquemada Prior of the Dominican Convent of Santa Cruz, Segovia, 1477 - 1498
1499 1506 Diego de Deza Tavera
1506 1507 Diego Ramírez de Guzmán Bishop of Catania, bishop of Lugo

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