Carlos de Borja y Centellas
(Redirected from Carlos Borja Centellas y Ponce de León)
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (April 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Carlos de Borja y Centellas (1663–1733) was a Spanish cardinal. He served as Patriarch of the West Indies[1] and as the first Vicariate-General of the Spanish armies. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1720, after receiving the recommendation of King Philip V.[2] He was installed as cardinal-priest of Santa Pudenziana in 1721. He had a brother, Francisco, who was also a cardinal.
References
[edit]- ^ Catholic-Hierarchy: Carlos Cardinal Borja Centellas y Ponce de León
- ^ Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di Erudizione Storico-Ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni, vol. 6, p. 52 (in Italian)
External links
[edit]
 | This article about a Roman Catholic cardinal from Spain is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |