Juan de Plasencia

Miguel Juan de Plasencia () was a Spanish friar of the Franciscan Order. He was among the first group of Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the Philippines on 2 July 1578.

He spent most of his missionary life in the Philippines, where he founded numerous towns in Luzon and authored several religious and linguistic books, most notably the ''Doctrina Cristiana'' (Christian Doctrine), the first book ever printed in the Philippines. Provided by Wikipedia