Hānau ʻia ma Mekiko City (1645), ua manaʻo ʻia kēia Jesuit ʻo ia kekahi o nā naʻau noʻonoʻo o ka wā kolone. Ua hele ʻo ia i loko o ka mōʻaukala, ka hulihonua, ka ʻepekema, nā leka a me ka noho o ke kula nui.
Mai kahi ʻohana hanohano, ua komo ʻo ia i ka Iesu hui ma 17, e waiho ana iā ia i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope.
I ka makahiki 1672, ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā noho o ka makemakika a me ka ʻike hōkū ma ke kula nui. Komo i loko o kahi ʻepekema hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka manawa o ke ʻano o ke kometa (1680).
Ma ke ʻano he kahunapule o ka Halemai del Amor de Dios mai ka makahiki 1682, ua mālama ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā waihona a me nā kiʻi o ka hale kaona i 1692 i ke ahi i hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi haunaele kaulana. E hui pū me ka Pensacola Bay Expedition ma ke ʻano he Geographer Royal.
Ua hoʻomaha loa, ua kākau ʻo ia i kekahi mau hana mōʻaukala e nalo nei i kēia lā. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi i ka moʻomeheu Baroque, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kūleʻa maikaʻi i nā mele, ka mōʻaukala, ka nūpepa a me ka makemakika. I kona wā i make ai i ka makahiki 1700, hoʻoilina ʻo ia i kāna waihona puke nui a me nā lako ʻepekema mai ka Jesuits.
