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Alfonso Guerra (bishop)

The Most Reverend
Alfonso Guerra
Bishop of Michoacán
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Michoacán
In office 1592-1596
Predecessor Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega
Successor Domingo de Ulloa
Orders
Consecration 9 March 1592
by Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
Personal details
Died 18 June 1596
Michoacán, México
Previous post Bishop of Paraguay (1579-1592)

Alfonso Guerra OP (died 18 June 1596) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán (1592-1596) and Bishop of Paraguay (1579-1592).

Alfonso Guerra was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 6 February 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Paraguay. On 9 March 1592, he was consecrated bishop by Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo, Archbishop of Lima, with Antonio Avendaño y Paz, Bishop of Concepción; Sebastián Lartaún, Bishop of Cuzco; and Diego de Medellin, Bishop of Santiago de Chile, serving as co-consecrators. On 9 March 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Michoacán. He served as Bishop of Michoacán until his death on 18 June 1596.



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