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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.
Biografía. Juan de Zumárraga nació en 1468 en la localidad de Durango perteneciente al entonces Señorío de Vizcaya, actual Vizcaya en el País Vasco ( España ), entonces perteneciente a la corona de Castilla. Su madre procedía de la familia Muntsaratz que habitaba la torre que lleva su nombre en Abadiño (Vizcaya).
Conoce la vida y obra de Juan de Zumárraga, franciscano, primer obispo y arzobispo de México, y autor de la Doctrina breve. Descubre cómo fue su labor pastoral, su defensa de los indígenas y su relación con Carlos V y Hernán Cortés.
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.
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.
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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. It is our purpose here to study, in the light of the documents that are extant, the part^played by the great Archbishop as ...
