A secular priest, he was the son of
Joseph Díaz del Carpio, military captain of
Janos from Gamarra Mayor, Alava, Spain. Joseph Manuel served as military chaplain at
Tubac. He was not a brother of
Juan Bautista de Anza's wife as reported by Bishop Tamarón and quoted in Mission of Sorrows, by John Kessell. He was a brother-in-law, because his brother,
Ignacio, was married to a sister of
Juan Bautista de Anza,
María Gertrudis de Anza.
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