Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva
Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (1485–1545), also named Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva, was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva was born in Guadix, Spain, in 1485, the son of Rodrigo Dávalos and Leonor de la Cueva.[1]
In Italy, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona.
He studied under his uncle, Hernando de Talavera, Archbishop of Granada.[1] He then attended the University of Paris, receiving a licentiate in theology, and then studied theology at the University of Salamanca.[1]
He lived in Baeza, Alcaraz, and Guadix.[1] On August 4, 1509, he became a fellow of the Colegio de Santa Cruz at the University of Valladolid, later becoming a professor there.[1] In 1517, he became lector in theology at Santa María de Guadalupe.[1] He was also a canon of the cathedral chapter of the Cathedral of Murcia and of Cartagena Cathedral.[1]
On November 14, 1524, he was elected Bishop of Guadix y Baza.[1] Charles I of Spain and Alonso Manrique de Lara, the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, named him commissary general of the Spanish Inquisition in Valencia in 1525.[1] He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Granada on January 22, 1529.[1] In that capacity, he played a role in founding the University of Granada.[1] On March 29, 1542, he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Compostela.[1]
Pope Paul III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of December 19, 1544.[1] He died before receiving the red hat or a titular church.[1] King Charles I nominated him to be Archbishop of Toledo but he died before he was preconized by the pope.[1]
He died in Santiago de Compostela on November 2, 1545.[1] He is buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.[1]
