Paul Alphéran de Bussan was a French Roman Catholic archbishop who served as Bishop of Malta from 1728 till 1757.

Born in Aix-en-Provence, France on 28 October 1686 of noble parentage, Paul Alphéran de Bussan graduated in Bachelor of Theology from the University of Aix in 1705.

He was appointed Secretary for French Affairs by Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena.

[1] On 8 March 1728 Pope Benedict XIII appointed Paul Alphéran de Bussan as Bishop of Malta.

In 1752 he financed the printing of a Maltese translation of Cardinal Bellarmino’s Catholic Catechism which was distributed to every parish in Malta.