Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui was the

Grand Inquisitor Grand Inquisitor (, literally ''Inquisitor General'' or ''General Inquisitor'') was the highest-ranked official of the Inquisition. The title usually refers to the inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition, in charge of appeals and cases of aristoc ...

of Spain in 1733–1740, during the reign of

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. He later held the

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in Spain as a representative of the Roman Catholic Popes. Orbe was appointed

Bishop of Barcelona The Archdiocese of Barcelona () is a Latin metropolitan archbishopric of the Catholic Church in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i S ...

in 1720 and Archbishop of Valencia in 1725. He also held high positions in the State administration, including President of the

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between 1727 and 1733. Philip V named Orbe Viscount of Santa Cruz in 1733 and Marquis of Valdespina in 1736. Orbe also built for his nephew, also Don Andrés, Valdespina Palace at

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, today the Town Hall.

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Catholic Hierarchy
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