Carlos de Borja y Centellas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Borja and the second or maternal family name is Centellas.
His Eminence

Carlos de Borja y Centellas
Cardinal, Patriarch of the West Indies
Portrait by Andrea Procaccini, Museo del Prado
ChurchRoman Catholic
Appointed3 October 1708
Term ended8 August 1733
PredecessorPedro Portocarrero y Guzmán
SuccessorÁlvaro Eugenio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor
Other postCardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana (1721–33)
Previous postTitular Archbishop of Trapezus (1705–21)
Orders
Consecration30 November 1705
by Francesco Acquaviva
Created cardinal30 September 1720
by Pope Clement XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born29 April 1663
Gandia, Spain
Died8 August 1733 (aged 70)
Real Sitio de San Ildefonso, Spain
Alma materColegio Mayor de San Ildefonso

Carlos de Borja Centellas y Ponce de León (29 April 1663 – 8 August 1733) was a Spanish cardinal. He served as Patriarch of the West Indies and as the first Vicar-General of the Spanish armies.

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