ʻO Don Vasco de Quiroga, ka mea i hōʻea i Mekiko ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka Audient ʻelua, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i pīhopa mua o Michoacán ma muli o kona hanohano o nā manaʻo, kahi kūlana i lawe ʻia e ia ma 1538 ma Tzintzuntzan, ʻo ia ke kapikala o ke aupuni Purépecha.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai ua neʻe ʻo ia i ka episcopal see iā Pátzcuaro, e noʻonoʻo ana he wahi kūpono loa ia e kūkulu i ka hale pule (ʻo kēia ka Basilica o ko mākou Lede o ke olakino) āna i hoʻolālā ai. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo.
He mau makahiki ma hope mai ua neʻe ke keʻena nui cardinal a me ke koleke i Valladolid, i kēia lā ʻo Morelia.
ʻO Don Vasco ka mea i kaulana i ka pacifist kaulana a me ka ʻeuanelio o New Spain. Ua aloha nui ʻo ia i ka lāhui ʻōiwi o ka ʻāina a kanu i waena o lākou i ka lunamanaʻo o ka ʻohana a me ka poʻe. Hoʻohanohano ʻo Michoacanos iā ia ma ke ʻano ʻo Tata -Father-Vasco.
Huinahā ʻo Vasco de Quiroga
Hoʻohanohano ʻia ia, e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka honua, ʻaʻole wale no kona nani, akā no ka hoʻopuni wale ʻia e nā hana kīwila.
