RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Juan de Zumárraga

1468 - 1548

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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. He wrote Doctrina breve, the first book published in the Western Hemisphere by a European, printed in Mexico City in 1539. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Zumárraga is the 1,587th most popular religious figure (down from 1,435th in 2019), the 723rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 726th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Juan de Zumárraga ranks 1,587 out of 3,187. Before him are Elizabeth Hesselblad, Filaret, Scipione Rebiba, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Benno, and Saint Kilian. After him are Acacius of Caesarea, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Francisco de Borja, Paulo Evaristo Arns, and Antipope Innocent III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, Juan de Zumárraga ranks 7. Before him are Pope Paul III, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, John, Elector of Saxony, Basil Fool for Christ, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Ibn Kemal. After him are Tomé Pires, Juan del Encina, Johannes Werner, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Francesco Donato, and Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria. Among people deceased in 1548, Juan de Zumárraga ranks 5. Before him are Catherine Parr, Sigismund I the Old, Juan Diego, and Gonzalo Pizarro. After him are Girolamo Savoldo, Pascual de Andagoya, João de Castro, and Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Zumárraga ranks 723 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Lucius Cornelius Balbus (-100), Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Eleanor de Guzmán (1310), and Ismail I of Granada (1279). After him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (1528), Gaius Laelius (-300), La Belle Otero (1868), Camarón de la Isla (1950), Sebastián Iradier (1809), and Eleanor of Castile (1191).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Juan de Zumárraga ranks 57. Before him are Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Juan de Homedes (1477), Thomas of Villanova (1486), Beatus of Liébana (730), Urraca of Zamora (1033), and Didacus of Alcalá (1400). After him are Celestino Aós Braco (1945), Julián Herranz Casado (1930), Bartolomé Carranza (1503), Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), and Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925).

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