TOUNO WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN 7g3 TUN-NAN
XXIV (1920-21), 450; ,j;*« Bjjjopj and the Y.M.c A.in gentry founded the "Univereidad Ibero Americana";
American Ecel. Rev. LXIV (1921), 242. See, also articles on t x • a^u: j • au „rivftt/» fipfinnlit fK» laur n/
various C^athoUc societies. Catholic social work, social refonn, ^^? }^ ""® A??,.*'^ P**? pnvaie ScnoolS tUC law Ot
ote. religious prohibition is m force.
Gerald Shaughkbsst. _ . ^ ««i « _^ ,r
X nkon ana iPnnc6 Snpert , Yicasiate Apostolic
Yoimg Women's Christian Association. See of (cf. G. £.,Xy — 738a), in Canada. The former
Young Men's Christian Association prefecture apostolic was erected into a vicariate on 20
^ ^ ^ ^^ Nov., 1916. Its area is about 520,0(X)sq. miles. The
Yucatan, ARcmiocBSE of (Yucatanensib; present and first vicar is the Rt. Rev. Emile-Marie
cf. p; E., XV---737C), m Mexico. The present feunos, b. at Sales, France, 24 February, 18d4, or-
ajchbishop is Most Rev. Martin Tnstschler y dained 28 March, 1891, elected titular bishop of
Cordova, who has occupied the see since 1900. He Tentyra and made vicar apostoUc of Yukon 13 June,
was bom m Uie Diocese of Puebla, 26 May, 1868, 1917 consecrated at Vancouver 18 Oct. foUowing,
studied at the South American College at Rome published 10 March, 1919. In 1921 the vicariate had
from June, 1883 to August. 1893, doctor of 8000 Catholics, 6 quasi-parishcs. 37 churches, 32
philosophv at mneteen and of theologv at twenty- missions, 10 stations, 3 convents lor women with 28
three, ordained 12 December, 1891, elected Bishop Sisters, 2 secular priests. 12 regulars (Oblates of Mary
of Yucatan, 28 July. 1900, consecrated 18 November Immaculate), 2 seminarians, who are being educated
followmg, first Archbishop of Yucatan. 11 November, in other dioceses, and 1 hospital. The secondary edu-
^^95' 1 ,. 1. /^^r^^v «>*, . 1 cational institutions are: 2 parochial schools, 1
The archdiocese has (1922) 27 panshes, 166 academy , 1 Indian industrial school, 2 Catholic Indian
churches, 2 mission groups, 47 secular and 7 re^r schools conducted by laymen under the supervision
pnests, 42 Sisters, 1 seminary with 16 sexmnanans, of priests. 1 college for men with 16 teachers and 231 students,
4 for women with 26 teachers and 724 students^ 6 Tnn-nan, Vicariate Apostolic of (cf. C.E., XV —
elementary schools with 26 teachers and 527 pupils, 738b), in China, has 37 parishes, 132 churches, 201
1 orphan asylum for boys with 20 inmates, 1 cnarita- stations, 26 European missionaries, 16 Chinese pnests,
ble centre. Ninety per cent of the population is 1 convent for women "Chinese Maidens," 17,5(X)
Catholic. Two societies are organizea among the Catholics, 1 seminary with 40 seminarians, 1 college
dergy and three among the laity. for women with 3 students, 1 normal school with 3
On 24 September, 1915, Salvador Alvardo, teachers and 23 pupils, 1 home for the aged poor, 19
Governor of Yucatan, sent a group of fanatics to orphanages, 1 hospital, 110 schools with 2100 pupils,
invade the cathedral during the night; they destroyed There is no aid from the government for anv of these
the sacred images, the altars and even the organ, institutions, and only one orphanage admits the
and desecrated the cemeteries. The Spanish clergy ministry of priests. In several districts the associa-
and the nuns dedicated to education in the college tion of the Bona Mors" is organized. The vicariate
of St. Teresa of Jesus and Mary were exiled, their is entrusted to the Foreign Missions of Paris, under
property seized and secularized, colleges, hospitals the administration (1922) of Rt. Rev. Charles-
and institutions were confiscated by the fanatics Marie-Felix de Gorostarzu, titular Bishop of Aila,
imtil there was nothing more left. The bishop' b. at St. Vincent deFyrosse, France, 6 October, 1860,
house was converted into an official building. But appointed vicar Apostolic of Yun-nan 10 December,
little by little some of the clergy returned and have 1907, consecrated 29 March, 1908. He resides at
ventured to open schools. Finally several Yucatan Yun-nan-fu.
