Rodrigo de Castro Osorio


Rodrigo de Castro Osorio
Cardinal, Archbishop of Seville
ChurchRoman Catholic
Appointed20 October 1581
Installed15 February 1582
Term ended20 September 1600
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli (1585–1600)
Orders
Ordination1559
Consecration7 November 1574
by Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela
Created cardinal12 December 1583
by Pope Gregory XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born5 March 1523
Died20 September 1600 (aged 77)
Seville, Spain

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (5 March 1523 20 September 1600) was a Spanish cardinal and churchman. He was Bishop of Zamora (1574–1578) and the Diocese of Cuenca (1578–1581), Archbishop of Seville, (1581–1600), a member of the Council of State of Spain and the Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition during the reign of Philip II of Spain. He was the Great-uncle of Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade, Conde de Lemos. He was closely linked to the city of Monforte de Lemos in Galicia, where he was the founder of the College of Our Lady of Antigua.