ALLYS, EUGÈNE-MARIE-JOSEPH. - Apostolic Vicar of Huè (Annam). Born on 12 Feb. 1852 at Paimpoint (Rennes), he entered the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1875 and departed for northern Cochinchina by the end of the same year. His apostolate was marked by frequent persecutions (1883, 1885, 1898, 1899, 1900). Elected apostolic vicar in 1908, he worked with intelligent zeal for the prosperity of the mission, founding two indigenous congregations, promoting the establishment of a Cistercian monastery, and creating a secondary school. He received the highest French and Annamite honors. Having become blind, he resigned his office in 1931 and died at Huè on 22 Apr. 1936.
BIBL.: *Société des Missions Etrangères. Compte Rendu des travaux 1936*, Paris 1937, pp. 242-49.