Fray juan de zumarraga wikipedia
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Zumárraga, Juan de (c. –)
Juan de Zumárraga (b. ca. ; d. 3 June ), first bishop (–) and archbishop (–) 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.
Impressed by Zumárraga's campaign against alleged Basque witches, Charles V appointed him bishop of Mexico City. Zumárraga arrived in Mexico in as bishop-elect and Protector of the Indians.
Fray juan de zumarraga wikipedia
Zumárraga went to Spain in to report to the emperor; he was consecrated as bishop there in In Zumárraga joined forces with Don Antonio de Mendoza, newly arrived first viceroy, to stabilize colonial rule and promote Indian education and Christianization.
In they founded the Colegio de Santa Cruz, a Franciscan college for indigenous nobles. Zumárraga imported a printing press in and authored or sponsored a number of imprints, including Erasmian tracts. Zumárraga's thinking, typical of Spanish Franciscans, combined Renaissance humanism with mys