[1] Torres obtained a doctorate in utroque iure in canon and civil law from the University of Perugia.

[1] After school, he was assigned to the college of protonotaries apostolic under the guidance of his uncle, Cardinal Mattei.

[1] On March 17, 1621, he was elected during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto with special dispensation for not yet receiving the presbyterate.

[1] On May 21, 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland where he served until December 2, 1622.

[1] On September 5, 1622, he was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XV in the Consistory of 1622 and installed on March 20, 1623, with the title of Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio.