| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca | |
| Archbishop of Messina | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Messina |
| Term: | 1599–1605 |
| Predecessor: | Antonio Lombardo (bishop) |
| Successor: | Bonaventura Secusio |
| Consecration: | 14 February 1599 |
| Consecrated By: | Ottaviano Paravicini |
| Death Date: | 1605 |
| Death Place: | Messina, Italy |
Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Messina (1599–1605).[1]
Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca was ordained a priest on 20 December 1578.[2] On 1 February 1599, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Archbishop of Messina.Two weeks later, he was consecrated bishop by Ottaviano Paravicini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Alessio, with Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, and Giovanni Camerota, Bishop of Bova, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Messina until he died in 1605.