Career
On March 3, 1927, Camarillo donated 100 acres (040 km2) to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles for the purpose of creating a seminary. This land would later become the Saint John"s Seminary, named after Juan"s patron saint. On July 27, 1927, Pope Pius XI enrolled Camarillo as a knight in the Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester.
He was the first American to be given this honor.
His will bequeathed the family chapel to the Order of the Friars Minor, who then donated it to the Archdiocese of Los Los Angeles
