Miguel García Franco
{{Short description|Mexican bishop}}
Miguel García Franco (16 March 1909 - 8 March 1981) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. At the age of 13 he entered the Conciliar Seminary of Durango. He was ordained priest in 1931. At the age of 16 he studied at the Pontifical Pius Latin College in Rome. He received his doctorate in Philosophy and Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1931. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazatlán, Mexico, from 1959 to 1981.{{cite web | url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgarciaf.html | title=Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco [Catholic-Hierarchy] }}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| name = Miguel García Franco
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| native_name_lang = Spanish
| title = Bishop of Mazatlán
| image = Miguel García Franco.jpg
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| church = Catholic Church
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| diocese = Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazatlán
| see = Basilica Cathedral of Mazatlán
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| appointed = 18 December 1958
| term = 1959-1981
| term_start = 19 October 1981
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| term_end = 3 March 2005
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| successor = Rafael Barraza Sánchez
| ordination = 22 February 1959
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|3|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rincón Tepehuanes, Durango
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|3|8|1909|3|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Durango
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| nationality = {{flag|Mexico|name=Mexican}}
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| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg
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He was in charge of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction that extended from Elota to Escuinapa.
Approximately 35 thousand people received the bishop from the Mazatlán Airport, at that time it was located in the current facilities of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, and followed him to the Cathedral. On February 22, 1959 he received the consecration in the Cathedral Basilica of Mazatlán. In that ceremony the Diocese of Mazatlán was formally established. He inaugurated the Diocesan Seminary later that same year.{{cite web |title=
50 Años de fe en la la Diócesis|date=7 November 2015|url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/amp/buen-vivir/50-anos-de-fe-en-la-la-diocesis-DBNO111615}} He died 8 days before his 72nd birthday on March 8, 1981 in his native Durango. His remains are buried inside the chapel of Guadalupe in the Cathedral Basilica of Mazatlán.{{cite web |title=Dos obispos, un sacerdote y un Monseñor, sepultados bajo la Catedral de Mazatlán|date=10 December 2021|url=https://www.luznoticias.mx/amp/2021-12-10/sinaloa/dos-obispos-un-sacerdote-y-un-monsenor-sepultados-bajo-la-catedral-de-mazatlan/130369}}
