He was then designated as the parish priest for his hometown of Totatiche, where he helped found schools and carpentry shops and assisted in planning for hydrological works, including the dam of La Candelaria.

The concluding sequence of the movie For Greater Glory (2012) says that the fictional character "Father Christopher" portrayed by actor Peter O'Toole was based on Cristobal Magallanes Jara.

Agustin Caloca Cortés was born in San Juan Bautista del Teúl, Zacatecas, on the ranch of La Presa.

He began his priestly studies at the Guadalajara Seminary, but in 1914 this campus was closed due to the anticlericalism of the Carrancista leaders.

He was reportedly offered his freedom by an army officer on account of his young age, but refused unless his fellow priest Fr Magallanes was also released.

"[6] He was originally buried in Colotlán but his remains were later exhumed and transferred to his home parish of San Juan Bautista in El Teúl.