Tarihin mishaneri a New Spain a bayyane ya fara ne da zuwan Turawa New Spain. A cikin mahimmancin ma'anar, kalmar manufa tana nufin aikin da dole ne su aiwatar a matsayin ɓangare na sadaukarwa ko aikin da aka ba su.
A cikin babban labarin na Mexico, manufar friars ta kasance mai rikitarwa sosai: sauyawa zuwa Kiristanci na dubban 'yan asalin ƙasar ta hanyar katange, a cikin wani babban shiri wanda da farko ya ba da izinin sabbin umarnin addinin da suka zo na Krista su rarraba a yankunan da suke gaggawa don aiwatar da aikin bishara. Ga masu fada, yankin ya kasance mai fadi, ba a san shi ba kuma a yawancin yanayi daji ne mara kyau, ban da juriya na 'yan asalin ƙasar da suka ƙi karɓar su, koyaswar su da masu nasara iri ɗaya. A kan wannan dole ne a ƙara babban wahalar da firistoci ke da shi a koyon yaren yankuna daban-daban da ya kamata su yi aiki a ciki.
Franciscans ne suka fara babban aikin bishara, daga nan sai Dominicans, Augustan da Jesuit suka biyo baya. Na farko ya isa ƙasashen Meziko a cikin 1524, kuma a cikin fewan shekaru kaɗan suka sami tushe na gidajen ibada da kuma majami'u, sakamakon ma'ana na kafa ayyukan farko a kusan dukkanin ɓangarorin tsakiya da ɓangarorin kudu maso gabashin Jamhuriyar, kodayake daga baya suna da rabo su raba wani ɓangare na nasu yanki tare da Dominicans, waɗanda suka isa New Spain a 1526, suka fara aikin addininsu a Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, Michoacán da Morelos.
A nasu bangaren, 'yan Augustin sun isa a shekarar 1533 kuma aiyukan su sun hada da wasu jihohin Mexico, Hidalgo, Guerrero da wasu yankuna na Huasteca.
Ofungiyar Yesu ta bayyana a ƙarshen 1572; Kodayake tun daga farko ayyukansu sun sadaukar da kansu ga ilimi, musamman yarantaka, ba su yi watsi da aikin manzanci a wuraren da yake farawa ba kuma wannan ba wasu umarnin addini ne suka rufe shi ba. Ta haka suka isa da sauri cikin Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí da Coahuila, daga baya suka bazu zuwa arewacin Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua da Durango.
Zuwa ƙarshen karni na goma sha bakwai, Franciscans, tare da izini na Holy See, sun kafa kwalejojin manzanni na mishan na Propaganda de Fide (ko yaɗa imanin), don haka suna ƙoƙari su ba da sabon abu ga bishara da shirya mishaneri don ninka ƙoƙarinsu a duk yankin New Spain. Ta haka ne aka buɗe makarantun Querétaro, Zacatecas, Mexico, Orizaba da Pachuca, tare da biyu daga baya a Zapopan da Cholula.
Daga baya, bayan fitar Jesuit daga yankin ƙasa a 1767, ya ba wa Franciscans damar karɓar tushen da aka kafa a arewa, kuma suka mamaye Alta California, ban da wasu sassan Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Texas, New Mexico kuma tabbas wani ɓangare na Sierra Gorda cewa, tare da Baja California, sun raba tare da Dominicans.
A wasu wuraren al'adar ta ci gaba da ci gaba da kiran mishan zuwa waɗancan tushe da magabatan suka gina a cikin dogon aikinsu na wahalar bishara. Yawancinsu sun ɓace don ba da hanya ga ingantattun gidajen ibada da kuma wuraren ibada, waɗanda kuma aka yi amfani da su azaman farawa don isa sabon wurare don yaɗa addinin Katolika. Wasu kuma an bar su a matsayin shaidar bebe na tawayen 'yan asalin ƙasar ko kuma a matsayin amintattun abubuwan tunawa da yanayin ƙasa wanda ko imani ba zai iya shawo kansa ba.
Abin da mai karatu zai samu a cikin wannan rubutun na Mexico ba'a san ta ba a cikin Hanyoyin Ofishin Jakadancin ragowar tarihi ne, wanda wani lokacin yakan haɗu da mai almara har ma da jarumi. Hakanan zaku sami ragowar kayan aikin titanic wanda wasu mutane kalilan suka aiwatar, wanda babban burinsu shine koyar da addininsu ga wasu da yawa wadanda basu san yadda ake koyon sa ba; aikin da masu suka da masana tarihi suka yanke hukunci ta fuskoki da dama da kuma ta fuskoki da yawa, kodayake babu wanda zai iya musun babban nauyin ruhaniya da fasaha wanda duk waɗannan mutanen suka bari a cikin ƙasar da har yanzu ke tuna kyawawan halayensu.
