Residence: San Xavier del Bac

Race or Tribe:  Austriaco (Austrian)
 

Notes:  There is not an exact birth date for Padre Javier.  He was 31 years old at the time of his death.  He came to the Pimeria Alta a few months before his death.  He was assigned first to Dolores, but since he was not needed there, he went to San Xavier del Bac, and then came to San Ignacio to die.  Father Stiger recorded the following at his burial: "At eight o'clock in the morning of October 25, [1737], Padre Joseph Javier of Colonia Agripina, died.  He had come to the Pimería Alta a few months before, being assigned to the Mission at Dolores.  Then, seeing that there was not a need for him there, he was sent to San Xavier del Bac.  He died at the age of 31 years, having kept all his pledges.  He received the Holy Sacraments of Peñance,  Viaticum, and Extreme Unction, speaking clearly until the end.  He was buried in the Sanctuary of this church by me, on the Gospel side of the main altar."