Residence: Guevavi

Race or Tribe:  Suizo (Swiss)

Notes:  Padre Segesser was the son of a senator and provincial governor of Lucerne, Switzerland.  He entered the Society of Jesus on 14 October 1708 and was professed in 1726.  He was described as being of medium height, had blue eyes, light brown hair, a patchy beard and a sense of humor.  He came to Vera Cruz with a "mission" of 26 Jesuits, arriving in April of 1731.  In mid-June of 1731 he rode to the Pimeria Alta.  He was assigned first to San Xavier, then to Guevavi in 1733, succeeding Grazhoffer.  He was 43 at the time.  Falling ill in 1734 he left Guevavi and went to Tecoripa in the Pimeria Baja.  He later became Father Visitor and tried to reestablish the Pimeria Alta missions.  He wrote a series of letters home to Europe from the time he left for the New World until he died,  which were preserved by the family.  He served with distinction and was one of several who suggested Tubac as the new presidial site in 1752.  He died at Ures on 28 September 1762.