Juan de Camargo y Angulo y Pasquer (1663–1733) was Bishop of Pamplona from 1716 to 1725 and Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1720 to 1733.
Biography
Juan de Camargo y Angulo y Pasquer was born in Ágreda on 30 June 1663.[1]
He was appointed Bishop of Pamplona on 5 October 1716 and he was subsequently consecrated as a bishop on 18 December 1716.[1] He was commissioned as Grand Inquisitor of Spain on 26 March 1720.[2] Under his leadership, the Spanish Inquisition undertook its last major persecution of the marranos, with 93 people executed in 66 auto-da-fés between 1721 and 1725.[3] He resigned as Bishop of Pamplona on 20 March 1725.[1]
He died on 24 May 1733.[1]
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