Facts: - profession: soldier - order: mex & nbsp ; - successor: nicolas gutierrez - death date: february 1860 - predecessor: jose figueroa - office: governor of alta california - term end: 1836 - term start: 1835 - appointed: jose figueroa - name: jose castro - birth date: 1808 - image: jose castro.jpg - birth place: monterey , california - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jose castro .
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jose antonio castro -lrb- 1808 -- february 1860 -rrb- was acting governor of alta california in 1835-1836 , and commandante general of the mexican army in alta california at the time of the 1846 bear flag revolt and the mexican-american war of 1846-1848 .