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Inquisitors-General of the Spanish Inquisition

(from its origins through the end of the 17th century)

1483-1498: Tomás de Torquemada

1498-1507: Diego Deza

1507-1517: Francisco Ximenes de Cisneros

1518-1522: Adrian of Utrecht [subsequently Pope Adrian VI]v

1523-1538: Alfonso Manrique

1539-1545: Juan Pardo de Tavera

1546: Francisco García de Loaysa

1546-1566: Fernando Valdés

1566-1572: Diego Espinosa

1573-1594: Gaspar de Quiroga

1595: Gerónimo Manrique de Lara

1596-1599: Pedro de Portocarrero

1599-1602: Fernando Nino de Guevara

1602: Juan de Zúniga

1603-1608: Juan Bautista Acevedo

1608-1618: Bernardo de Sandoval y Roxas

1619-1621: Luis de Aliaga

1622-1626: Andrés Pacheco

1627-1632: Antonio de Zapata

1632-1643: Antonio de Sotomayor

1643-1665: Diego de Arce y Reynoso

1665: Pascual de Aragón

1666-1669: Juan Everardo Nithardo

1669-1695: Diego Sarmiento de Vallardes

1695-1699: Juan Tomás de Rocaberti

1699-1705: Balthasar de Mendoza y Sandoval

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