Pascual de Aragón

His Eminence
Pascual de Aragón y Córdoba
Cardinal
Primate of Spain
Archbishop of Toledo
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Toledo
See Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo
Installed 1 February 1666
Term ended 28 September 1677
Predecessor Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval
Successor Luis Manuel Fernandez Portocarrero
Personal details
Born 1626
Palau de la Riera, Mataró, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain
Died 28 September 1677
Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Kingdom of Spain
Nationality Spanish

Pascual de Aragón y Córdoba (1626 – 28 September 1677) was a Spanish nobleman and cleric. He served as Viceroy of Naples and as Archbishop of Toledo.

Biography

Born in Mataró, Province of Barcelona, as son of Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba, Aragón was ordained a priest in 1655. In 1661, aged thirty-five, he was created Cardinal-Priest of Sainte Balbine by Pope Alexander VII. However, he did not participate in the Conclaves held in his lifetime.

In 1664, King Philip IV of Spain appointed him Viceroy of Naples. In 1666, he was replaced by his brother, Pedro Antonio de Aragón, as he was called back to Spain to become Archbishop of Toledo. Aragon had enjoyed the patronage of the previous Archbishop, Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval, and upon the latter's death in 1665 had been nominated to succeed him. He was installed in Toledo on 1 February 1666.

In 1665, King Philip IV had died as well, leaving the throne to his son Charles II, a weak four-year-old. Upon his appointment as Archbishop, Aragon became president of the Regency Council. When Queen Mariana of Austria promoted her confessor and former tutor, the Austrian Jesuit Juan Everardo Nithard to the position of General Inquisitor in 1666 and thus admitted him to the council, Archbishop Aragon was among those who antagonised him und in 1669 supported John of Austria's military pronunciamiento, which resulted in the Jesuit's dismissal.

The Archbishop died in 1677 and was buried in the Convent of the Purísima Concepción in Toledo.

References

    Government offices
    Preceded by
    Gaspar de Bracamonte    		 Viceroy of Naples
    1664–1666    		 Succeeded by
    Pedro Antonio de Aragón
    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Diego de Arce y Reinoso    		 Grand Inquisitor of Spain
    1665    		 Succeeded by
    Juan Everardo Nithard
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