Gaspar de Borja y Velasco


Gaspar de Borja y Velasco
Archbishop of Toledo
Primate of Spain
Portrait by Diego Velázquez, ca. 1643
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseToledo
SeeCathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo
Installed16 January 1645
Term ended28 December 1645
PredecessorPosition vacant
SuccessorBaltasar Moscoso y Sandoval
Other post(s)Cardinal-bishop of Albano (1630–45)
Previous post(s)Archbishop of Seville (1632–45)

Cardinal-priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (1616–30)

Cardinal-priest of Santa Susanna (1611–16)
Orders
Consecration15 September 1630
by Antonio Marcello Barberini
Created cardinal17 August 1611
by Pope Paul V
RankCardinal-bishop
Personal details
Born26 June 1580
Died28 December 1645(1645-12-28) (aged 65)
Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Kingdom of Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materColegio Mayor de San Ildefonso

Gaspar de Borja y Velasco (26 June 1580 – 28 December 1645) was a Spanish cardinal, ecclesiastic and politician. He belonged to the house of Borgia (though he always used the Spanish spelling of Borja) and served as Primate of Spain, Archbishop of Seville, Archbishop of Toledo and viceroy of Naples. He was the great-great-great-great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI.