Juan de zumarraga biography of mahatma gandhi

First bishop and archbishop of Mexico; b.

Juan de zumarraga biography of mahatma gandhi

Tavira de Durango, Vizcaya, Spain, c. ; d. Mexico City, June 3, Apparently while still young, he entered the Franciscan Order, taking the habit in the province of Concepción, of which he became provincial minister (&#x;23).

He was appointed first bishop of Mexico on Dec. 12,

By express order of Charles V, Zumárraga, as bishop elect but without episcopal consecration, embarked for Mexico, where he arrived Dec. 6, He immediately began to organize his newly established, extensive diocese, whose poorly defined limits extended from Michoacán and Jalisco on the northwest, up to and including Guatemala on the south.

The Franciscan and Dominican missionaries who worked zealously on the conversion of the natives were of invaluable assistance in this difficult task of organization. The spiritual needs of the conquistadors and Spanish colonists were entrusted to the secular clergy whose lives, functions, and sala