Rev. Padre Luis Amezcua y Orozco, a Catholic priest from Zamora, Mexico, was exiled to Los Angeles during the religious persecution that occurred in Mexico during the 1920s. He was involved in youth ministry, both in Mexico and in the Southern United States.
He died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. His tomb at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles briefly became a shrine and a site of pilgrimage after his death, as the faithful gathered in prayer hoping his intercession would lead to a miracle. From his obituary in the Wichita Catholic Advance, March 8, 1930:
"Exiled Mexican Priest Killed By Auto Crash:
Los Angeles, Feb. 28 - Exiled from Mexico during the persecution, and since then one of the refugee priests of the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego, the Rev. Luis Amezcua y Orozco, is dead here of injuries received in an automobile accident near Tucson, Ariz. Father Amezcua y Orozco was born in Zamora, Mexico, and belonged to that diocese. At the time of the penal enforcement in Mexico, three years ago, Father Amezcua came to Los Angeles."
He died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. His tomb at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles briefly became a shrine and a site of pilgrimage after his death, as the faithful gathered in prayer hoping his intercession would lead to a miracle. From his obituary in the Wichita Catholic Advance, March 8, 1930:
"Exiled Mexican Priest Killed By Auto Crash:
Los Angeles, Feb. 28 - Exiled from Mexico during the persecution, and since then one of the refugee priests of the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego, the Rev. Luis Amezcua y Orozco, is dead here of injuries received in an automobile accident near Tucson, Ariz. Father Amezcua y Orozco was born in Zamora, Mexico, and belonged to that diocese. At the time of the penal enforcement in Mexico, three years ago, Father Amezcua came to Los Angeles."
Rev. Padre Luis Amezcua y Orozco, a Catholic priest from Zamora, Mexico, was exiled to Los Angeles during the religious persecution that occurred in Mexico during the 1920s. He was involved in youth ministry, both in Mexico and in the Southern United States.
He died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. His tomb at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles briefly became a shrine and a site of pilgrimage after his death, as the faithful gathered in prayer hoping his intercession would lead to a miracle. From his obituary in the Wichita Catholic Advance, March 8, 1930:
"Exiled Mexican Priest Killed By Auto Crash:
Los Angeles, Feb. 28 - Exiled from Mexico during the persecution, and since then one of the refugee priests of the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego, the Rev. Luis Amezcua y Orozco, is dead here of injuries received in an automobile accident near Tucson, Ariz. Father Amezcua y Orozco was born in Zamora, Mexico, and belonged to that diocese. At the time of the penal enforcement in Mexico, three years ago, Father Amezcua came to Los Angeles."
He died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. His tomb at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles briefly became a shrine and a site of pilgrimage after his death, as the faithful gathered in prayer hoping his intercession would lead to a miracle. From his obituary in the Wichita Catholic Advance, March 8, 1930:
"Exiled Mexican Priest Killed By Auto Crash:
Los Angeles, Feb. 28 - Exiled from Mexico during the persecution, and since then one of the refugee priests of the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego, the Rev. Luis Amezcua y Orozco, is dead here of injuries received in an automobile accident near Tucson, Ariz. Father Amezcua y Orozco was born in Zamora, Mexico, and belonged to that diocese. At the time of the penal enforcement in Mexico, three years ago, Father Amezcua came to Los Angeles."
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