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
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nationality Spanish

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

Marroquín was born near Santander, Spain. He studied philosophy and theology in Osuna.[2] 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.[3] Marroquín became a priest in the Spanish royal court.[2] 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.[4]

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.[5] On December 18, 1534, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala[6] and later provisional governor of Guatemala.[5] 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.[6] 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).[6]

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.[7]

Although Universidad Francisco Marroquín is named after him, the university is liberal and does not necessarily abide by Bishop Marroquin's legacy. The University is very proud of its name – Universidad Francisco Marroquin – which honors a beloved priest and a gentleman and scholar of very high standing in Guatemala, and in all of Latin America.

Notes

  1. ↑ Recinos 1952, 1986, p. 127. n. 75.
  2. 1 2 Recinos 1952, 1986, p. 127.
  3. ↑ Pérez de Antón, Francisco (January 13, 1992). "In Praise of Francisco Marroquín" (PDF). Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City.
  4. ↑ Recinos 1952, 1986, pp. 126–127.
  5. 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)
  6. 1 2 3 "Bishop Francisco Marroquín Hurtado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Francisco Marroquin (1478–1563)" (Spanish). Genesis Megaprogramas, SA. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

References

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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