Fernando Niño de Guevara

His Eminence

Fernando Niño de Guevara
Cardinal Archbishop of Seville
Cardinal-priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Portrait of Fernando Niño de Guevara by El Greco.
ArchdioceseSeville
SeeSeville
Installed30 April 1601
Term ended8 January 1609
PredecessorRodrigo de Castro Osorio
SuccessorPedro de Castro y Quiñones
Other post(s)Cardinal-priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Previous post(s)Cardinal-priest of San Biagio dell'Anello (1597-1599)
Titular archbishop of Philippi (1599-1601)
Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1600-1602)
Orders
Consecration10 October 1599
by Pope Clement VIII
Created cardinal5 June 1596
by Pope Clement VIII
RankCardinal-priest
Personal details
Born1541
Toledo, Spain
Died8 January 1609 (aged 68)
Seville, Spain
NationalitySpanish
DenominationRoman Catholic
OccupationLawyer
Alma materUniversity of Salamanca
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Fernando Niño de Guevara
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorPope Clement VIII
Co-consecratorsCamillo Borghese
Alfonso Visconti
Date10 October 1599
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Clement VIII
Date5 June 1596
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Fernando Niño de Guevara as principal consecrator
Tomás de Borja9 April 1600
Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz17 June 1601
Francisco de Vera-Villavicencio?
Juan de la Sal?

Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541 – 8 January 1609) was a Spanish cardinal who was also Archbishop of Seville and Grand Inquisitor of Spain.

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