Fontana, Bernard L.

Anthropologist Bernard L. Fontana lives within a mile of Mission San Xavier del Bac and, with his wife Hazel, attended services regularly, including the First Holy Communion of their three children. Fontana has carried out archaeological investigations and has studied the church's past and art for more than half a century. He is also the author of Biography of a Desert Church: The Story of Mission San Xavier del Bac, which remains the standard source on the mission's history.