Johann Georg Gerstlacher
Johann Georg Gerstlacher (born April 19, 1697 in Indersdorf ; † 1779 ) was a German Jesuit and worked as a missionary in Mexico and the Philippines .
Born the son of a brewer, Gerstlacher graduated from the Jesuit high school in Munich in 1714 (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) and entered the Jesuit order in the same year . He traveled to Mexico in 1729 and worked at times as a pastor in Pueblo de los Angeles . In 1732 he traveled to Manila and worked in the Philippines until 1736.
Two of his brothers also entered the clergy, Franz Kaspar became provost of the Augustinian Canons' Monastery in Beuerberg as D. Cajetan in 1744 , Johann Andreas Antonius was also an Augustinian monk in Beuerberg until he left Bavaria in 1727 and converted to the Protestant denomination.
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 2, p. 175.
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| SURNAME | Gerstlacher, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Jesuit, missionary in Mexico and the Philippines |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1779 |