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Juan de Zumárraga, OFM (1468 – June 3, 1548) was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and the first Bishop of Mexico. He was also the region's first inquisitor. [1] He wrote Doctrina breve, the first book published in the Western Hemisphere by a European, printed in Mexico City in 1539. [2]
May 14, 2018 · Juan de Zumárraga >The Spanish churchman Juan de Zumárraga (ca. 1468-1548), first bishop and >first archbishop of Mexico, was an outstanding representative of a group of >16th-century Spanish clergy in America who combined missionary zeal, a >sensitive social conscience, and love of learning.
Zumarraga, JUAN DE, b. at Durango in the Basque provinces in 1468; d. in Mexico, June 3, 1548. He entered the Franciscan Order, and in 1527 was custodian of the convent of Abrojo, where he received Charles V. Shortly afterwards he was appointed one of the judges of the court for the examination of witches in the Basque province.
Juan de Zumárraga, O. F. M. (1468-1548), fue el primer obispo de la diócesis de México donde llegó en 1528 y el segundo de la Nueva España tras Julián Garcés. Llevó la primera imprenta al Nuevo Mundo. Fue consagrado el 27 de abril de 1533 y nombrado arzobispo en 1547. Fundó la primera capilla en honor a santa María de Guadalupe.
Juan de Zumárraga ( b. ca. 1468; d. 3 June 1548), first bishop (1528–1547) and archbishop (1547–1548) of Mexico. Fray Juan de Zumárraga was born in Durango, near Bilbao, Spain; his birthdate is unknown but he was said to have been over eighty at death.
THE CONTRIBUTION OF BISHOP JUAN DE ZUMARRAGA. TO MEXICAN CULTURE. HE COMMEMORATION of the four hundredth anniversary. of the death of Juan de Zumairraga signifies more than the pious recollection of the contributions to New World culture of this great Franciscan, great Spaniard and great American.
Jun 27, 2024 · The Figure of Fray Juan de Zumárraga, the first Bishop and Archbishop of Mexico and one of the first prelates of Spanish America, is outstanding for the great zeal he displayed in the defense of the natives of New Spain.
