Most Reverend Alfonso de Franco y Luna | |
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Bishop of La Paz | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of La Paz |
In office | 1639–1645 |
Predecessor | Feliciano de la Vega Padilla |
Successor | Francisco de la Serna |
Orders | |
Consecration | 31 October 1632 by Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega |
Personal details | |
Born | 1572 |
Died | 1645 (age 73) La Paz, Bolivia |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Durango (1632–1639) |
Alfonso de Franco y Luna (1572–1645) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of La Paz (1639–1645) and Bishop of Durango (1632–1639).
Alfonso de Franco y Luna was born in 1572 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. [1] On 7 June 1632, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Durango. [1] [2] On 31 October 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega, Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, with Juan Barahona Zapata del Águila, Bishop of Nicaragua, and Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti, Bishop of Termia, serving as co-consecrators. [1] On 30 May 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of La Paz. [1] He served as Bishop of La Paz until his death in 1645. [1]