 José's maternal uncle – at that time not yet known as Marco de Bello - served as his godfather, specifically asked to provide spiritual guidance.José was entering the Carlist realm in the 1880s; at that time the movement was divided between an intransigent ultra-Catholic faction and a group prepared to recognize political setting of the Restoration.During final breakup of 1888 he followed his father and sided with the former, led by Ramón Nocedal; the group became known as the Integrists.