First mass baptisms in Mexico

Timeline

1. 1524Mexico City · MexicoFranciscan friars held the first large-scale baptismal ceremonies for indigenous people in Mexico City, where many nobles and commoners of former Aztec subject cities converted to Christianity.
2. 1524Tlaxcala · TlaxcalaMissionaries baptized thousands of indigenous people in Tlaxcala; according to Motolinía, thousands were baptized in a single day, making it one of the earliest mass conversion events in New Spain.
3. 1524Xochimilco · Mexico CityThe baptismal movement extended to towns of the Valley of Mexico such as Xochimilco, where Franciscan friars preached in Nahuatl, initially blending Christian rites with indigenous social structures.