Born in durango (Vizcaya) in Spain in 1468, died in Mexico the June 3, 1548, franciscan priest, he was the first Bishop of Mexico, where he was appointed by Charles V in 1528. It had been noted in Spain, where it had been burned in the basque country, a significant number of witches.
It also notes in Mexico, where it is known by the cruelty that made proof with regard to the indians, as the representative of the Inquisition.
In the stakes where was sent good number of recalcitrants, he burned also thousands of documents from ancient Mexico relating to the ritual or medicinal use from the peyote cactus and other plants.
Its abuses, including against the Spaniards, who were condemned and that he had confiscate the land, were the subject of numerous complaints, which was added the relations that had been with indigenous women, were not enough to prevent appointed, by Pope Paul III, as the first Archbishop of Mexico in 1543.
