Juan de Zumárraga
Spanish prelate
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Juan de Zumárraga, OFM was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and the first Bishop of Mexico. He was also the region's first inquisitor. He wrote Doctrina breve, the first book published in the Western Hemisphere by a European, printed in Mexico... Wikipedia
Born: 1468, Durango, Spain
Died: June 3, 1548 (age 80 years), Mexico City, Mexico
Full name: Don Juan de Zumárraga y Arrazola
Place of burial: Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico
Books: The Doctrina breve and Zumárraga and his family
Nationality: Spanish
Successor: Alonso de Montúfar, O. P
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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.
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