Pedro Ponce de León (bishop of Plasencia)

In 1546, Charles I of Spain appointed Ponce de León to the Supreme Council of the Spanish Inquisition.

On 27 June 1550, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo.

[2] 26 January 1560, he was translated during the papacy of Pope Pius IV to the See of Plasencia.

He was appointed Grand Inquisitor of Spain in December 1572, but died before assuming office.

Ponce de León gained a reputation as a patron of ecclesiastical construction and of scholarship.