Note XXX-69 — Chapter XXX · INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT. 1800-1887.

The bishop of Panamá left, and his priests followed his example one by one. Panamá was thus left without a priest; the dead had to be buried without the offices of a minister; for more than a year the churches had no bell-tolling or officiating minister. An English catholic missionary, passing to San Francisco, ventured to say mass and baptize in private. He was arrested, though finally allowed to embark. Bidwell's Isth. Pan., 238-43.