Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Ermua, Basque Country, Spain
About Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui
- Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui was the Grand Inquisitor of Spain in 1733–1740, during the reign of Philip V of Spain.
- Afterwards, he held the nunciature in Spain as a representative of the Roman Catholic Popes. In Philip V promoted de Orbe as Viscount of Santa Cruz in 1733 and as Marquis of Valdespina in 1736.
- de Orbe also built for his nephew, also Don Andrés, the Palacio de Valdespina in Ermua, being used today as the Town Hall of this Basque town.
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