Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva

Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva was born in Guadix, Spain, in 1485, the son of Rodrigo Dávalos and Leonor de la Cueva.[1]

In Italy, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona.

He studied under his uncle, Hernando de Talavera, Archbishop of Granada.[1] He then attended the University of Paris, receiving a licentiate in theology, and then studied theology at the University of Salamanca.[1]

He lived in Baeza, Alcaraz, and Guadix.[1] On 4 August 1509 he became a fellow of the Colegio de Santa Cruz at the University of Valladolid, later becoming a professor there.[1] In 1517, he became lector in theology at Santa María de Guadalupe.[1] He was also a canon of the cathedral chapter of the Cathedral of Murcia and of Cartagena Cathedral.[1]

On 14 November 1524 he was elected Bishop of Guadix y Baza.[1] Charles I of Spain and Alonso Manrique de Lara, the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, named him commissary general of the Spanish Inquisition in Valencia in 1525.[1] He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Granada on 22 January 1529.[1] In that capacity, he played a role in founding the University of Granada.[1] On 29 March 1542 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Compostela.[1]

Pope Paul III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 19 December 1544.[1] He died before receiving the red hat or a titular church.[1] King Charles I nominated him to be Archbishop of Toledo but he died before he was preconized by the pope.[1]

He died in Santiago de Compostela on 2 November 1545.[1] He is buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.[1]