Alfonso de Franco y Luna

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. On 7 June 1632, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Durango. 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. On 30 May 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of La Paz. He served as Bishop of La Paz until his death in 1645.