The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-18 00:00:00

ROME.

In the absence of other news, we furnish an account
of the annual publication called .Yolizie Per l'Anno
MDCCCXLI. Rome, 1841. _ .

This small work, usually termed the Cracas, is the
official directory of the Court of Rome, and the best
idea we can give our readers of the contents of the
volume for the present year which has lately appeared,
will be a brief analysis of the information to be found
in its pages.
It begins with a chronological list of the Roman Pon-
tiffs, of whom the present Pope is the two hundred and
fifty-eighth. Of these, one Adrian IV. 1154.1159) was
an Englishmen. His present Holiness, who, before
his elevation, bore the name of Maurus Cappellari,
was born at Belluno, on the 18th of September, 1765,

and was elected Pope in 1831.
The Sacred College consists at preaent of the fol-
lowing number of Cardinals :
Created by Pius VlL—B;sbops 2 ; priests, 3 ; dea-
cons, 2-7. Leo Xll.—Bishops, 3 ; priests, 6 ; dea-
con, I—L-10. Gregory XVl.—Priests, 34 ; deacons,
7-41. Total, 58. Created by Gregory XVI. but
not declared, 6 ; vacant hats, 6. Total of the Sacred

College, 70.
The age of the Pope is 76 years. Of the cardinals,
the oldest is Cardinal Bussi ; the dean, Cardinal Pacca,
and the youngest, Cardinal Della Genga-Sermattei.
Of the whole body there are-80 years of age, and
upwards, 6 ; 70 ditto, 10 ; 60 ditto, I'2 ; 50 ditto, 10 ;
40 ditto, 11.
During the reign of Gregory XVI. the deaths
among the cardinals have amounted to 46.
The number of patriarchs in the church is 12 ;of
archbishoprics and bishoprics, 681 ; of coadjutors, auxi-
liaries, suffragans, &c. 03.
The kingdoms and provinces under the direction of
the Congregation of Propaganda are governed by
vicars apostolic, delegates, or prefects, with the excep-
tion of Ireland and America, which have bishops in
ordinary, and are, consequently, included in the num-
bers just given. The distribution of the other ecclesi-
astical authorities, whether possessing episcopal order
or otherwise, may be thus classed :
I. AFRICA.— Prefectures apostate, 8 ; vicariates
apostolic, 3. Of these, one is a British Subject, the
Right Rev. Dr. Collier, 0.5.8., vicar-apoitolic of the
Mauritius.

11. AMERICA AND THE WEST INDlES.—Apostolic
prefectures, 7 ; apostolic vicariates, 5 ; delegate, 1.
The vicars-apostolic are—Right Rev. Dr. Clancy, V.A,
of Demerara ; Dr. Mac-Donnell, V.A., Trinidad ; Dr.
Smith, ccadjutor ; Dr. Fraser, V.A., Nova Scotia ; Dr.
Fleming, V A., Newfoundland. The delegate is the
Right Rev. Dr. Rosati, of St. Louis, named Delegate
of St. Domingo. _

111. ASIA.— tears Apostolic :-1. Aleppo, whose
V.A. is ppostglie, visitor of Chaldea ; 1. Asia Minor ;
14. China, of whom 7 have coadjutors. East Indies.
—Vicariates, 9 ; prefecture, 1. Of the vicars•aposto-
lie, one is the Right Rev. Dr. Carew, of Calcutta, and
another the Right Rev. Dr. Fennelly, of Madras. Three
of these nine have coadjutors.
IV. EUROPE.—Eagland.—Vicariates, 8 ; coadjutor,
1. Scotland.—Vicariates, 3 ; coadjutors, 2. Holland.
—Vicariates, 4 ; mission, 1. In the rest of Europe
are—delegate•apolostic, 1 ; prefecturer, 2. Abbey (St.
Maurice in the Lower Valais), 1 ; vicariates apostolic,
10. Of the vicars, one is the Right Rev. Dr. Hughes,
V.A. of Gibraltar.

OCEANlA.—Vicariates-apostolic, 3 ; prefectures, 2.
ON: vicar-apostolic is the Right Rev. Dr. Polding,
V.A. of New Holland.

The remaining half of the Directory is devoted more
particularly to Rome itself. It opens with a list of the
members of e various congregations, or officers, by
whom the Pope is assisted in the management of the
afflirs of the church, and the government of his
States. These bodies are ecclesiastical and civil. Of the
former, some are engaged with the business of the
church in general, whilst to others are entrusted the
various departments of the Administration of the
diocese of Rome.