Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francisco Guerra | |
Bishop of Plasencia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Plasencia |
Term: | 1655–1656 |
Predecessor: | Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval |
Successor: | Luis Crespi y Borja |
Birth Date: | 1587 |
Birth Place: | Villagarcía de Campos, Spain |
Death Date: | 3 December 1657 (age 70) |
Death Place: | Plasencia, Spain |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Cádiz (1642-1655) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Francisco Guerra (1587 - 3 December 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Plasencia (1655–1656) and Bishop of Cádiz (1642–1655).[1]
Francisco Guerra was born in Villagarcía de Campos, Spain in 1587 and appointed a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 17 February 1642, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cádiz. On 26 May 1655, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Plasencia. He served as Bishop of Plasencia until his death on 3 December 1657.