[thinktwice]

the Inquisition as an institution never actually existed. AN inquisition was simply a tribunal not an organization

In 1483, at the nomination and request of Ferdinand and Isabella, Pope Sixtus IV appointed a Dominican friar, Tomas de Toquemada, inquisitor general for all of Spain. He was a sincere and incorruptible fanatic ...

Will Durant, "The Story of Civilization," Vol 6, page 213.

[Pelayo]

Think Twice. The Spanish inquisition was a collection of lawyers and investigators who would go from town to town on a regular basis, hear charges, investigate charges, have a trial, proclaim a verdict, then dissolve. There was an official body that had oversight of the whole thing (the afore mentioned office of Grand Inquisitor) however beyond that it was not much of an organization. But even the Spanish inquisition was unusual in that it was more permanent, in form, then the inquisitions of other countries; and it was more tied to the government.

[Antoninus]

In 1483, at the nomination and request of Ferdinand and Isabella, Pope Sixtus IV appointed a Dominican friar, Tomas de Toquemada, inquisitor general for all of Spain. He was a sincere and incorruptible fanatic ...

Who was responsible for the deaths of more Christians, Cardinal Torquemada or Oliver Cromwell. Crunch the numbers and get back to us, will you?