Juan de Padilla
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Juan de Padilla, OFM was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary who spent much of his life exploring North America with Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. He was killed in what would become Kansas by Na
Cross in honor of Juan de Padilla near Lyons, Kansas.
Anton Docher
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Anton Docher, born Antonin Jean Baptiste Docher, was a French Franciscan Roman Catholic priest, who served as a missionary to Native Americans in New Mexico, in the Southwest of the United States. He
Juan de Padilla
…believed to be buried. Additionally, his corpse was claimed to have been fresh when rising the first time according to the legend (incorruptibility). Anton Docher, once a priest in Isleta, investigated the miracle in the presence of several witnesses. He opened the grave of Padre Padilla. During this operation…
King Albert I of Belgium and the Queen during their visit in Isleta pueblo 1919 with State Governor and Anton Docher in the foreground.
Anton Docher in front of his house in Isleta with Tomas Chavez and beehives
Anton Docher Isletan house
Painting of a funeral procession in Isleta in the 1900s featuring Father Anton Docher, by Lucille Joullin