Juan Bautista Grazhoffer
Juan Bautista Grazhoffer (1690–1733) was a Jesuit missionary to the Sonoran Desert. He served briefly at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi before his death, possibly by poison.
Biography[edit]
Granzhoffer was born in Bleiburg, Austria, on June 5, 1690, joined the Society of Jesus on October 27, 1710, and made his final vows in Chomutov, Bohemia on February 2, 1728. He left for the Americas on May 12, 1729, where he spent several months assisting Luis Maria Gallardi at Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama.[1]
Juan Bautista de Anza escorted Granzhoffer to Mission San Gabriel de Guevavi in May 1732.[2][3] Granzhoffer renamed the mission to San Rafael de Guevavi.[3] On July 31, Granzhoffer visited Mission San Ignacio de Cabórica to deliver a report on his mission's progress to Agustín de Campos.[1]
Philipp Segesser arrived at Guevavi in spring of 1733, and on May 1 he wrote to report that Grazhoffer was in serious condition. Grazhoffer died on May 26th; Segesser accused the natives of poisoning him, and reported that an elderly Pima man admitted to having done so.[1][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Kessell, John L. (1970). Mission of sorrows; Jesuit Guevavi and the Pimas, 1691-1767. Tucson, University of Arizona Press. pp. 45–53. ISBN 978-0-8165-0192-2.
- ^ Herrera, Carlos R. (14 January 2015). Juan Bautista de Anza: The King's Governor in New Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 122–127. ISBN 978-0-8061-4963-9.
- ^ a b Robinson, William J.; Barnes, Mark R. (December 1976). "Mission Guevavi: Excavations in the Convento". KIVA. 42 (2): 135–175. doi:10.1080/00231940.1976.11757872. ISSN 0023-1940. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Sheridan, Thomas E. (30 March 2006). Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumac‡cori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O'odham. University of Arizona Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-8165-2513-3.