Hōʻike mākou i kahi ala i ke ola a me ka hana o kēia ʻano, ka pīhopa mua o Michoacán a me ka mea hoʻolaʻa palekana i nā kuleana a me nā kūʻokoʻa o nā lāhui ʻōiwi ma Mekiko.
ʻO Oidor a me Bishop o Michoacán, ʻO Vasco Vazquez de Quiroga Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila, Sepania. He lunakanawai kōmike ʻo ia ma Valladolid (ʻEulopa) a ma hope ua koho ʻia i luna kānāwai no ka Viceroyalty o New Spain.
Aia nā kānalua e pili ana i kahi i aʻo ai ʻo ia, akā manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā mōʻaukala aia ia ma Salamanca, kahi i aʻo ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano loio, a ua hoʻopau ʻo ia ma 1515.
Ma 1530, ua puka mua, ua lawe ʻo Vasco de Quiroga i kahi kōmike ma Murcia ke loaʻa iā ia kahi kamaʻilio mai ka mōʻī e kuhikuhi ana iā ia e lilo i lālā no ka Audiencia ma Mekiko, ma ke ʻae a ka Archb Bishop o Santiago, Juan Tavera, a me nā lālā o ka ʻAha Kūkā o nā Indies, mai ka hui kolone ʻana. ma ʻAmelika ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pilikia ma muli o nā hala o ka Audiencia mua.
No laila, ua hōʻea ʻo Quiroga i Mekiko i Ianuali 1531 a hoʻokō i kāna mikiona ma ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike me Ramírez de Fuenleal a me ʻekolu mau oidores ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hana mua e wehe i kahi hoʻokolokolo hoʻokolokolo e kūʻē iā Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, Juan Ortiz de Matienzo a me Diego Delgadillo, nā luna kānāwai mua, ua hewa a hoʻi koke i Sepania; ʻo ka hana maikaʻi ʻole a ka poʻe Iberia i hāʻawi aku ai i nā ʻōiwi a ʻo ka mea nui, ʻo ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o ke aliʻi o nā kamaʻāina Tarasse i hana ʻia e Nuño de Guzmán, ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻia ke kipi o nā kamaʻāina o Michoacán.
Ma ke ʻano he malihini kipa a hoʻomalu i ka ʻāina (kahi e noho nei i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Michoacán), ua hoihoi ʻo Vasco de Quiroga i ke kūlana kaiapili a me ka haipule o nā mea i eo ʻia: ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e loaʻa iā Granada, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā haukapila, nā mea o Santa Fé de ʻO México lāua ʻo Santa Fé de la laguna ma Uayámeo ma ke kahakai o ka loko nui o Pátzcuaro, kahi a lāua i kapa ai he mau halemai kaona a he mau keʻena o ke ola kaiāulu, nā manaʻo āna i lawe ai mai kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa humanistic, me nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo o Tomás Moro, Saint Ignatius o Loyola, Plato a me Luciano.
Mai ka mōʻī, hele ʻo Quiroga i ka ʻoihana kahuna, hoʻolaʻa ʻia e Fray Juan de Zumárraga, a laila Pīhopa o Michoacán; Ua pāpā aku ʻo Carlos V i kāna mau makaʻāinana e hoʻoluhi ʻole i nā Indians akā ma 1534 ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kēia hana. I ka ʻike ʻana i ia mea, ua hoʻouna ʻia kahi hānau ʻAbila i ka mōʻī nona kāna mea kaulana ʻIke e pili ana i ke kānāwai (1535), kahi i hoʻohewa ikaika ai ʻo ia i nā encomenderos "nā kāne kekeʻe i ʻae ʻole e manaʻo ʻia nā ʻōiwi he kāne akā he holoholona" a pale ikaika i nā ʻōiwi, "ʻaʻole pono e lilo ko lākou kūʻokoʻa."
I ka makahiki 1937, ua koho ʻia ʻo "Tata Vasco" (ʻoiai ʻo nā kāne Michoacan maoli i kāhea iā ia) ua koho ʻia ʻo Michoacan Bishop, ma kahi hana hoʻokahi kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia nā kauoha kahuna a pau. Ua komo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he bihopa, i ke kūkulu ʻana o ka hale pule ʻo Morelia. Ma laila ʻo ia i hoʻokumu ai i "kahi kāne kāne o nā Karistiano, ʻēheu ʻākau e like me ka hale pule mua." Ua hoʻoneoneo ʻo ia i nā wahi he nui, ka hapa nui o ka loko o ka loko, e noʻonoʻo ana i kāna mau kaiāulu nui ma Pátzcuaro, i hoʻolako ʻia i nā haukapila a me nā ʻoihana, a no laila ua aʻo pū ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻōiwi no kā lākou hana a me ka mālama ʻōnaehana.
No laila, ʻo ka hoʻomanaʻo o Quiroga i kēia mau ʻāina ke aloha a hiki ʻole ke make. ʻO ka pīhopa mua o Michoacán a me ka mea pale i nā kumu ʻōiwi i make i Uruapan ma 1565; ua kanu ʻia kona mau koena i ka hale pule ma ke kaona hoʻokahi.
