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 in that role until his death on 18 June 1596 in Valladolid.