Residence: San Xavier del Bac

Race or Tribe:  Español

Notes:  He was born at Morata del Conde,  Spain on April 13, 1738.  Upon arrival in the New World he was assigned to San Xavier del Bac in 1768, he explored the Gila and Colorado River Valleys, both down the Colorado to the Gulf of California and up it to the Grand Canyon and overland to the Hopi villages.  He accompanied Captain Anza part way on both the 1774 and 1775-76 expeditions.  He and Juan Díaz established two mission churches on the Colorado at Yuma Crossing.  They and Juan de Barreneche and José Moreno were all killed there during the Yuma uprising. Padres Díaz and Moreno were killed on July 17 and Padres Garcés and Barreneche died on July 19, 1781.