Don Juan de Zumárraga y Arrazola (1468 – June 3, 1548) was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico. He wrote Doctrina breve, the first book published in the Western hemisphere, printed in Mexico City in 1539.
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1468 Durango, Biscay, Spain
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3 June 1548 (aged 79) Mexico City, New Spain (present-day Mexico)
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