Gaspar Cardinal Cervantes de Gaete †

Deceased

Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1511²		Born
19 Nov 1561	50.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
1 Mar 1564	53.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Salerno, Italy
23 Jul 1568	57.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
17 May 1570	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal
9 Jun 1570	59.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale
16 Jun 1570	59.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
23 Jan 1572	61.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
17 Oct 1575	64.7	Died	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete
(VIAF: 88802677; WikiData: Q2708296)
Gaspar Cardinal Cervantes de Gaete (born 1511, died 17 Oct 1575) Archbishop of Tarragona

Consistory - 1570: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1572: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Trujillo, Diocese of Plasencia
Death Place Tarragona, Archdiocese of Tarragona
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Tarragona, Archdiocese of Tarragona

a cardinal for 5.4 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Miguel Ibáñez † (1573)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa † (1568)
Bishop Rodrigo de Vadillo, O.S.B. † (1569)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Trujillo, Diocese of Plasencia
Death Place	Tarragona, Archdiocese of Tarragona
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Tarragona, Archdiocese of Tarragona

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 17 May 1570
b: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 71, Number 419
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 289, and Page 309
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 242
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1561, Number 41*

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