Personal Information Surname: Och Given Name: José Sex: M Place of Birth: Wurzburg, Germany Date of Birth: 02/21/1725 Order: Jesuit Place of Death: Jesuit College at Wurzburg, Germany Date of Death: 07/01/1773 Cause of Death: Race or Tribe: Tudesco Residence: San Ignacio Title: Misionero (IHS) Place of Service: San Ignacio Burial Place: Wurzburg Translation: German Notes: Padre Och joined the Jesuit Order on September 26, 1743 and came to New Spain in March of 1756 with fellow German Jesuits Middendorf, Gerstner, and Pferrerkorn. In November he went as chaplain on a military expedition to the Gila River with Governor Juan Antonio de Mendoza and attempted unsuccessfully to establish a mission at Santa Catalina near Tucson. He was assigned to San Ignacio and served it and its visitas until just before Christmas, 1758. He did return back to the north, however, and established the mission of San Agustín del Tucson in 1757. In 1758 he went to Cumuripa where he remained until March, 1761. He took charge of Movas in late 1761 or 1762, but his health failed and he was taken to Oposura in May, 1764. From there he went ot Huasabas to recover and was sent to Mexico City on a litter in April, 1765. Returning to Movas, he survived the Jesuit expulsion, being imprisoned first at Santa María in Spain for three years. From there he was transferred to Cerralvo. He was released in 1776 and returned to Germany where he died sometime in 1794.   Event Relationship [39 Records] Event ID: 1439 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/13/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 1440 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/25/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 2295 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/01/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 3262 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/30/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 3623 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/27/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 3658 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/30/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 3659 Relationship: Recording Priest Event Date: 08/07/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 3660 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/29/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 3661 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/29/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 3662 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/03/1757 View Document A B   Event ID: 3663 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/10/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 3669 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/05/1756 View Document A     Event ID: 3686 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/03/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6657 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/26/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6686 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/16/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6687 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/19/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6688 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/19/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6689 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/27/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6690 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/09/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6691 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/17/1759 View Document A     Event ID: 6694 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/23/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 6695 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/23/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 6707 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/22/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7335 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/04/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7357 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/23/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7358 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/22/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 7359 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/19/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 7360 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/18/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 7361 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/04/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 7387 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/06/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7388 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/22/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7405 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/02/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7665 Relationship: Priest Event Date: View Document A     Event ID: 7666 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/02/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7682 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/30/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7684 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/28/1757 View Document A     Event ID: 7872 Relationship: Priest, officiating Event Date: 11/26/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 7983 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/04/1758 View Document A     Event ID: 8156 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/12/1757 View Document A

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