(a loanword from Spanish)
a Spanish surname
An important figure in New Spain in the sixteenth century, fray Juan de Contreras (an Augustinian, born in Mexico) appears in records relating to the Colegio de San Pablo.
Mentioned in a testament of the gobernador of Tlahuililpan (modern state of Hidalgo) of 1586 as the "padre guardian" of Huichapan.
Mentioned in the Códice de Huichapan under the year 1587.
yn padre fray Jhoan de Contreras guardian Hueychiapan = el Padre fray Juan de Contreras, guardián de Güichiapan (Tetepango, Hidalgo, 1586)