MEXICO DEPORTS 200 FOREIGN-BORN CLERGYMEN
Mexico City, Mexico (JFK+50) On March 15, 1926, Associated Press reports that Mexico's Department of Interior has announced "202 foreign clergymen have been expelled" from the country.
There is a constitutional requirement which states only native-born ministers are allowed to officiate in church services.
AP says that the majority of those expelled are of the Catholic faith.
JFK+50 NOTE
90% of the population of Mexico in 1926 identified with the Catholic church although there was an ongoing state-driven campaign of secularization & anti-clericalism.
SOURCE
"Mexico Deports 202 Foreign-Born Church Leaders," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 15, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
