Juan Bautista de Acevedo

Juan Bautista de Acevedo y Muñoz (1555 – 8 July 1608) was Bishop of Valladolid from 1601 to 1606 and Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1603 to 1608.

Upon the death of Archbishop Santos in 1586, he moved to Madrid, where Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela planned to make him an inquisitor, though he never actually appointed him to the post.

Instead, the Marquis of Denia (who was later the favourite of Philip III of Spain) chose him as tutor for his son Cristóbal.

As a member of the Marquis' household, he became prominent at court, where he was associated with Mateo Vázquez de Leca and García Loaysa y Girón.

In 1600, the new king, Philip III, offered to make Acevedo Bishop of Tortosa, but he again refused the appointment.