Juan de Zumárraga
15/16th-century Spanish Franciscan prelate; first bishop and Inquisitor of Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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His Excellency Don Juan de Zumárraga | |
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Bishop of Mexico | |
Province | Mexico City |
See | Mexico |
Installed | August 20, 1530 |
Term ended | June 3, 1548 |
Predecessor | None |
Successor | Alonso de Montúfar, O. P. |
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Consecration | April 27, 1533 by Diego Ribera de Toledo |
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Born | 1468[?] |
Died | June 3, 1548 (aged 79–80) Mexico City, New Spain (present-day Mexico) |
Nationality | Spanish |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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