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Juan de la Plaza was a Jesuit missionary to New Spain.

Biography

Plaza was born in 1527.^[1]

Plaza received a doctorate in theology from the University of Alcalá.^[1]

Plaza served in the Jesuit administration in Spain and Italy.^[1]

In August 1573, Plaza and fellow Jesuit Diego de Bracamonte met with Juan de Ovando y Godoy [es], president of the Council of the Indies, to discuss the Jesuit missions in Peru.^[1]

In letters to his superiors, Plaza expressed doubts about the legitimacy of the Spanish dominion over Peru, questioning the morality of Jesuit involvement in the conquest and colonization.^[1]

Everard Mercurian assigned Plaza as plenipotentiary visitor in Peru,^[1] where he served from 1574 to 1579.^[2]

Plaza left for Peru on 19 October 1574.^[3]

Plaza arrived in Lima on 31 May 1575.^[1]

In 1576, Plaza and a group of companions traveled to the doctrina of Juli. Plaza praised the mission in his report, writing that the burden on the natives of supporting the priests was ameliorated by a royal stipend, and that the priests did not have to administer corporal punishment to the natives, instead delegating it to a vicar and corregidor.^[1]

From 1580 to 1585, Plaza was provincial superior in Mexico.^[2]

Plaza served as rector of the Jesuit college in Tepotzotlán.^[2]

In 1585, Plaza attended the Third Mexican Council.^[2]

Plaza died in 1602.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Prieto, Andrés I. (6 February 2024). The Theologian and the Empire: A Biography of José de Acosta (1540–1600). BRILL. pp. 83, 133, 142, 147, 148, 157. ISBN 978-90-04-68086-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hosne, Ana Carolina (4 December 2013). The Jesuit Missions to China and Peru, 1570-1610: Expectations and Appraisals of Expansionism. Routledge. pp. 99, 104. ISBN 978-1-135-01834-4.
^ McCoog, Thomas M. (7 May 2019). With Eyes and Ears Open: The Role of Visitors in the Society of Jesus. BRILL. p. 54. ISBN 978-90-04-39484-1.

[prieto-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Prieto, Andrés I. (6 February 2024). The Theologian and the Empire: A Biography of José de Acosta (1540–1600). BRILL. pp. 83, 133, 142, 147, 148, 157. ISBN 978-90-04-68086-9.

[hosne-2] Hosne, Ana Carolina (4 December 2013). The Jesuit Missions to China and Peru, 1570-1610: Expectations and Appraisals of Expansionism. Routledge. pp. 99, 104. ISBN 978-1-135-01834-4.

[mccoog-3] McCoog, Thomas M. (7 May 2019). With Eyes and Ears Open: The Role of Visitors in the Society of Jesus. BRILL. p. 54. ISBN 978-90-04-39484-1.

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