Alfonso Guerra (bishop)
Alfonso Guerra OP was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Michoacán and Bishop of Paraguay.Biography
Alfonso Guerra was born in Valladolid, Spain and 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 1596in Valladolid, Spain.
