Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui
Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui
Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui was the Grand Inquisitor of Spain in 1733–1740, during the reign of Philip V of Spain. Afterwards, he held the nunciature in Spain as a representative of the Roman Catholic Popes.
In Philip V promoted de Orbe as Viscount of Santa Cruz in 1733 and as in 1736. de Orbe also built for his nephew, also Don Andrés, the Palacio de Valdespina in Ermua, being used today as the Town Hall of this Basque town.
Categories:
- Grand Inquisitors of Spain
- Bishops of Barcelona
- Archbishops of Valencia
- 18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain