Michoacán and Eden: Vasco de Quiroga and the Evangelization of Western MexicoDon Vasco de Quiroga (1477 8 1565) was the first bishop of Michoacn in Western Mexico. Driven by his profound respect for Spanish jurisprudence and the desire to convert the native Purhpecha Chichimec peoples to a purified form of Christianity, he sought to establish New World Edens in Michoacn by congregating the people into pueblo hospital communities, where clerics could more easily teach them the fundamental beliefs of Christianity and the values