Lorenzo Carranco


Lorenzo José Carranco was a Jesuit missionary.

Biography

Born in Cholulua in 1695, Carranco studied at Puebla and made his novitiate in Tepotzotlán. In 1725, he trained at Nuestra Senora del Pilar de la Paz Airapi in La Paz to take over at Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní. Briefly, he served as a missionary at Todos los Santos, Baja California Sur. In 1727, Carranco succeeded Father Ignacio Maria Napoli at Misión de Santiago. He was killed in the Rebelión de los pericúes at the Misión de Santiago by the Pericúes in a manner similar to Nicolás Tamaral.