Marianist Father Christian Aloysius Janson, 83, died Sept. 14 in San Antonio.

Born in St. Louis, he had been in religious life for 64 years.

Then-Brother Cris taught high school Latin and English in Texas and Wisconsin for several years before entering the seminary.

After being ordained in 1973, he taught and was a chaplain for seven years at St. Michael High School in Chicago and in Texas, before accepting a parish assignment in Mexico.

He served in four cities in Mexico for 16 years, before returning to Texas, where he worked in parish ministry and at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.