Fernando de Toledo Oropesa (1520–1590) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who was made a cardinal but who refused the honor.
[1] A noble family, they were related to the counts of Oropesa and to Cardinal Juan Álvarez de Toledo.
[1] He was appointed president of the Royal Audiencia of Lima; he initially accepted this position, but then reconsidered and declined to travel to the Viceroyalty of Peru.
[1] Upon the insistence of Philip II of Spain, Pope Gregory XIII made him a cardinal in the consistory of 21 February 1578.
[1] The nuncio in Spain, Cardinal Filippo Sega communicated the king's thanks to the pope on 13 March 1578, but then on 5 May reported that Toledo had declined the appointment.