Mun san Fray Juan de Zumárraga saboda kasancewarsa bishop na farko da kuma babban bishop na garin Mexico da kuma karba daga hannun Juan Diego "Rosas del Tepeyac".
Mun san Fray Juan de Zumárraga saboda kasancewarsa bishop na farko da kuma babban bishop na garin Mexico da kuma karba daga hannun Juan Diego "Rosas del Tepeyac".
Wannan gaskiyar da kanta zata isa ta mallaki babban matsayi a tarihin Mexico, amma menene kuma mu yan Mexico muka sani game da wannan friar mallakar San Francisco.
An haife shi a 1468 a garin Durango, kusa da garin Bilbao, Spain, yana da alƙawarin nadin nasa ga ƙawancen da ya haɗa shi da Emperor Carlos V, wanda dole ne ya tursasa shi ya bar gidan zuhudu na Aranzazu ya yi tafiya zuwa Sabuwar Spain, tare da masu sauraron Furucin Farko a watan Ogusta 1528.
Matsayi biyu na Bishop da Mai ba da kariya ga Indiyawa ya haifar da ƙiyayya mai ƙarfi tare da encomenderos da masu nasara waɗanda suka gabatar da zarge-zarge 34 a kansa, wanda ya tilasta masa komawa Spain a farkon 1532. Zumárraga ya tabbatar da cewa ba shi da laifi kuma ya koma Mexico tare da shi da yawa dangin masu aikin hannu da zuhudu shida wadanda aka tsara su zama malamai na matan asali.
A cikin yarjejeniya da magajin farko ya yi aiki a kafa kamfanin buga takardu a Mexico kuma ta hanyar aikinsa aka buga littafi na farko a 1539.
Saboda himmarsa aka kafa Colegio de Tlatelolco kuma aka tsarkake Francisco Marroquín a matsayin Bishop na farko na Guatemala. Ya riga ya kasance a cikin shekaru saba'in lokacin da ya shirya zuwa Philippines kuma daga can zuwa China a matsayin mishan, amma Paparoma ya hana shi izini kuma a musayar aka ba shi matsayin mai binciken Apostolic. Tare da wannan halayyar, ya ba da umarnin ƙona wani ɗan asalin Tlaxcala wanda ya yi hadayar ɗan adam, hukuncin da Spain ta ƙi a kan cewa 'yan asalin sun tuba ba da daɗewa ba kuma ba za a iya yanke musu hukunci mai tsanani kamar na Spain ba.
A ranar 11 ga Fabrairu, 1546, bisa bukatar Sarki, Paparoma Paul III ya kafa bishopric na Mexico a matsayin babban bishop, ya ba shi diocese na Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Guatemala da Ciudad Real, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas a matsayin suffragans.
Fray Juan de Zumárraga ya mutu a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1548 kuma an adana gawarsa a cikin ɓoye na Cathedral na Mexico.
