Francisco Marroquín

Most Reverend
Francisco Marroquín Hurtado
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
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Francisco Marroquín on a Guatemalan stamp
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala
In office 1534–1563
Predecessor None
Successor Bernardino de Villalpando
Orders
Consecration 8 April 1537
by Juan de Zumárraga
Personal details
Born 1478
Santander, Spain
Died 19 April 1563 (84-85 years old)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nationality Spanish

Francisco Marroquín (1499 – April 18, 1563) was the first bishop of Guatemala,[1][2] translator of Central American languages and provisional Governor of Guatemala.

Biography

Marroquín was born near Santander, Spain. He studied philosophy and theology in Osuna.[3] After entering the priesthood, Marroquín became a professor at the University of Osuna where he met Bishop García de Loaisa, an adviser to Emperor Charles V.[4] Marroquín became a priest in the Spanish royal court.[3] In 1528 the conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, Governor of Guatemala, was in Spain and met Marroquín; he convinced the priest to accompany him back to Guatemala.[5]

After first arriving in Mexico, he traveled onwards to Guatemala with Alvarado, in May 1528. On April 11, 1530, he was appointed parish priest of Guatemala.[6] On December 18, 1534, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala[7] and later provisional governor of Guatemala.[6] On April 8, 1537, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Zumárraga, Archbishop of Mexico, with Juan Lopez de Zárate, Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca serving as co-consecrator.[7] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Tomás Casillas, Bishop of Chiapas (1552) and principal co-consecrator of Antonio de Valdivieso, Bishop of Nicaragua (1544).[7]

Marroquín founded the School of Saint Thomas in 1559 (now the University of San Carlos of Guatemala) as part of his efforts to educate the native people. He became a scholar of the K'iche' language and published the first catechism in that language.[8]

The Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala City is named for him.

Notes

  1. ↑ Recinos 1952, 1986, p. 127. n. 75.
  2. ↑ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 207. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 Recinos 1952, 1986, p. 127.
  4. ↑ Pérez de Antón, Francisco (January 13, 1992). "In Praise of Francisco Marroquín" (PDF). Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City.
  5. ↑ Recinos 1952, 1986, pp. 126–127.
  6. 1 2 "Francisco Marroquín (1499–1563)" (PDF). Religion & Liberty. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. 12 (5). September and October 2002. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 27, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-14. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. 1 2 3 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Francisco Marroquín Hurtado". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  8. ↑ "Francisco Marroquin (1478–1563)" (Spanish). Genesis Megaprogramas, SA. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Guatemala". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Recinos, Adrian (1986) [1952]. Pedro de Alvarado: Conquistador de México y Guatemala (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Guatemala: CENALTEX Centro Nacional de Libros de Texto y Material Didáctico "José de Pineda Ibarra". OCLC 243309954.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
None		 Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
1534-1563		 Succeeded by
Bernardino de Villalpando
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