ʻIke mākou iā Fray Juan de Zumárraga no ka mea ʻo ia ka pīhopa mua a me ka archb Bishop o Mexico City a no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka "Rosas del Tepeyac" mai ka lima o Juan Diego.
ʻIke mākou iā Fray Juan de Zumárraga no ka mea ʻo ia ka pīhopa mua a me ka archb Bishop o Mexico City a no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka "Rosas del Tepeyac" mai ka lima o Juan Diego.
ʻO kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo e lawa ia e noho i kahi preponderant ma ka mōʻaukala ʻo Mekiko, akā he aha nā mea a mākou e ʻike nei e ʻike nei e pili ana i kēia pule i pili i ke kauoha a Kapalakiko.
Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1468 ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Durango, kokoke loa i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Bilbao, Sepania, ua ʻaiʻē ʻo ia i kāna koho ʻia no ka hoa aloha i hui pū me ia me ka Emepera Carlos V, nāna i koi iā ia e haʻalele i ka hale kones Aranzazu a hele i New ʻO Sepania, me nā kai oidores o ka Audient mua ma ʻAukake 1528.
ʻO ke kūlana kaulua o Bishop a me Protector o nā Indians ka mea i kūʻē iā ia i ka inaina ikaika me nā encomenderos a me nā naʻi aupuni nāna i hōʻike iā 34 mau hoʻopiʻi iā ia, a ua koi iā ia e hoʻi i Sepania i ka hoʻomaka o 1532. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Zumárraga i kona hewa ʻole a hoʻi i Mexico e lawe pū ana me ia ʻohana o nā mea hana lima a me ʻeono mau nununa i manaʻo ʻia e lilo i kumu no nā wahine ʻōiwi.
I ka ʻaelike me ka ʻelele mua i hana ʻo ia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka mīkini paʻi ma Mekiko a ma kāna kauoha ua paʻi ʻia ka puke mua ma 1539.
Ma muli o kāna hana, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Colegio de Tlatelolco a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo Francisco Marroquín ma ke ʻano he Bihopa mua o Guatemala. Ua hala ʻo ia i kāna mau makahiki he kanahiku ke manaʻo ʻo ia e hele i Pilipine a mai laila aku i Kina ma ke ʻano he mikionali, akā hōʻole ka Pope iā ia i ka ʻae a ma ka pānaʻi ʻana ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka noho o ka ʻInstisitiano ʻ Apostlelo. Me kēlā ʻano, ua kauoha ʻo ia i ke puhi ʻana i kahi ʻōiwi Tlaxcala nāna i hoʻokō i nā mōhai kanaka, kahi ʻōlelo i hōʻole ʻia e Sepania ma muli o ke kumu o ka hoʻohuli ʻia ʻana o ka lāhui ʻōiwi a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokolokolo ʻia me ke koʻikoʻi e like me ka Sepania.
Ma Pepeluali 11, 1546, ma ke noi a ka Emepera, ua kūkulu ʻo Pope Paul III i ka pīhopa o Mekiko ma ke ʻano he archb Bishopric, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i ka diocese o Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Guatemala a me Ciudad Real, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas ma ke ʻano he supragans.
Ua make ʻo Fray Juan de Zumárraga ma Iune 3, 1548 a mālama ʻia kona mau koena i ka crypt lalo o ka Hale Pule Nui o Mekiko.
