Alfonso de Franco y Luna

Most Reverend; Alfonso de Franco y Luna
	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
Previous post	Bishop of Durango (1632–1639)
Orders
Consecration	31 October 1632; by Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega
Personal details
Born	1572; Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Died	1645 (age 73); La Paz, Bolivia

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).

Biography

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]

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