On August 9, 1627, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Mexico.

[1] On 5 October 1637, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cartagena.

[1] On October 8, 1640, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Burgos where he served until his death on December 27, 1655.

[1] The County of Hervías is a Spanish noble title created by King Felipe IV on May 26, 1651, in favor of Francisco Manso de Zúñiga y Solá, with the prior viscountcy of Negueruela, La Rioja.

[3] Francisco's sister María Magdalena Manso de Zúñiga y Sola, I Lady of Tabuerniga, married Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Mendoza, knight of the Order of Santiago, soldier in Naples and Sicily and magistrate in the towns of Malaga (1609–12) and Cuenca-Huete (1612–14).