Antonio Tavira y Almazán
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Antonio Tavira y Almazán, (Iznatoraf
Iznatoraf
Iznatoraf is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the city has a population of 1188 inhabitants....

, province of Jaen, 30 September 1737 - Salamanca
Salamanca
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, January 1807). A member of the Royal Spanish Academy from 1775 to 1807. Notorious archeologist of visigothic remains, near Cabezo del Griego, described since then as Segobriga. With some clashes with the Spanish Inquisition, related to the regalist wishes of King Carlos IV of Spain to give to the Bishops jurisdiction on the annulement of marriages, he was also the Honorary Chaplain of King Charles III of Spain
Charles III of Spain
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 since 1772, aged 36. A Knight and a Prior of the Military Order of Santiago
Order of Santiago
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 in Uclés
Uclés
Uclés is a municipality located in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 287 inhabitants....

, province of Cuenca, (1788–1789), Bishop of Canarias, (1791–1796), Bishop of Osma, (1796–1798), Bishop of Salamanca, (1798–1807).

He was very good friend of Minister Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was an Asturian-born Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain.-Life:...

, suspicious both to the Spanish Inquisitors at the end of the 18th century of comptent and connivence with the French regalist, "constitutionalist" and "bonapartist" Bishop Henry Grégoire, Abbé Grégoire, (Vého
Vého
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, (Trois-Évêchés), near Lunéville
Lunéville
Lunéville is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department and lies on the Meurthe River.-History:...

, France, 4 December 1750 - Paris, 20 May 1831).
He ordained as a Bishop of Salamanca, (perhaps), Catholic Bishop of Maximionopolis, Palestine
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, to the Scottish Priest Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron
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, ( Braemar
Braemar
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, Aberdeenshire
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, 28 July 1747 - Bishop of Maximionopolis, Palestine
Palestine
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 by Tavira 28 October 1798- Vicar Apostolic of Lowland District, around Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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, Scotland
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, Great Britain, 24 Aug 1805 - 20 Aug 1825 Retired - died 7 February 1828, aged 80).
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