Lorenzo Carranco

Lorenzo José Carranco (1695, in Cholula, New Spain – October 2, 1734 in Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní, New Spain) was a Jesuit missionary.

Born in Cholulua in 1695, Carranco studied at Puebla and made his novitiate in Tepotzotlán.

Briefly, he served as a missionary at Todos los Santos, Baja California Sur.

[2] In 1727, Carranco succeeded Father Ignacio Maria Napoli at Misión de Santiago.

[3] He was killed in the Rebelión de los pericúes at the Misión de Santiago by the Pericúes in a manner similar to Nicolás Tamaral.

The martyrdom of Lorenzo Carranco on October 1, 1734.