Luis Mercader Escolano
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Luis Mercader Escolano (1444–1516) was the Grand Inquisitor of the Kingdom of Aragon from 1513 to 1516.
Biography
Luis Mercader Escolano was born in Murviedro in 1444. He was a Carthusian. He was appointed Bishop of Tortosa on 20 May 1513. Pope Leo X appointed him Grand Inquisitor of the Kingdom of Aragon at the same time. He died on 9 June 1516.
References
- This page is based on this page on Spanish Wikipedia.
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmere.html Profile from catholic-hierarchy.org]
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Category:15th-century Aragonese Roman Catholic priests