The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-29

Catholic intelligence, we give from the an
mario Pontifcio, recently published in
Rome, the following valuable statistics OF
the Church throughout the world: 1t is
both gratifying and encouraging, and should
be preserved for reference:
The Pope bears the title Vicar of Christ
Successor of the Prince of Apostles, POntifex OF
the Church Universal, Patriarch OF the West,
Primate of Italy, Metropolitan of the Province
OF Rome, Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the
lie Church,
The cardinals are seventy-two i'll number
namely, six cardinal bishops, fifty cardinal
priests, and sixteen cardinal deacons
(NoTE.-In 1856 the College of Cardinals con-
sisted of sixty-ei members, grouped accord
ing to nationality as follows: Fifty Italians,
iards, one Belgian, one Portuguese. OF these
thirteen were created by Gregory XVI, and
forty-five by Plus TX. At the present time
| there are hut ffty-one living cardinals there
! being twenty-one vacancies.
There are three patriarchates Of the Oriental
| rite in Antioch (for the Melchites, MarOnites,
and Syrians,) in Babylon (for the ,Chaldens,)
and Cilicia (for- the Armenians ) and, seven
patriarchates of the Latin rite,-in Constan-
nople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Venice,
the East Indies and Lisbon. -
The patriarchate of Rome consists of ninety
| six episcopal sees scattered over the whole
world twelve metropoiises and eighty-fOur
cathedrals,) which stand under the immediate
)
There exists at present eleven patriarchal
one hundred and ninety-four arehi-episcopal
and six hundred and eighty-six episcopal sees.
To these must be added the arch-bishops and
| bishops in partibms infdeliMm so that there are
at present, with or without residence, nine hun
dred and eight episcopal sees. There are besides
these, one hundred and one apostolic vicariates
twenty-one apostolic prefectures, and five
apostolic delegatures, all under the control of
the Propaganda.
Plus TX has, since his assumption of the gov
archbishoprics, twelve prefectures, and one
delegat nre, and precOnized Il considerable
Der of bishops for vacant sees.
The Cdpeta iontifcia (the Papal Court) con-
sIsts, as at present ordered, of the cardinals
and patriarchs, the throne assistants (arch-
bishops and bishops;) the vice chamberlain of
the Church, the princely throne assistants, the
auditor and treasurer of the Papal Chamber,
the majortlomo of his Holiness the archbishops
not being throne assistants, the College of
the Apostolic Pronotaries, the archimandrte of
Messina, the Commander of the SssntO Spirito
Hospital the chief of the chancellery, the pri-
ors OF the monastic orders, the municipality tpf
Rome, the master of the Holy Hospice, the auIs,
dlence OF the Rota,- the controllers of the
palace the priests of the chamber, the masters
OF the ceremonies, the acting and honorary
chamberlains, the chaplains, etc. -
The .tdm'gha Pontifcia, however, consists of
the cardinal prOdatariis, the secretaries of the
Breves, the secretary of state, and the secretary
of the memorials, the chief chamberlain, the
house prelates and other prelates, the chamber
Palatine Guards.
The Holy See is represented at foreign courts
by seven nnneios Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid,
ternuncios (Hague. Florence, Modena, and Rio
JaneirO y one charge d'affaires Lucerne y and
has thirty-five cOnsuls The diplomatic corps
at the Holy See and the accredited consuls,
consist of three ambassadors, fourteen ambas-
sailors extraordinary, two ministers resident,
and thirty-nine consuls, of whom seventeen
live i'll Rome.
The StateS of he Church iii int,,
twenty (since the robbery, into tve) legations,
which are again subdivided into certain num-
Der OF delegations, and are peopled, inclusive
of the provinces usurped by Piedmont by three
million one hundred and thirty-four thousand
six hundred and eighty eight inhabitants. The
superficial area of the Papal territory is seven
hundred and hfty-twO square miles Geographic
CALI The present de facto possessions of the
Holy See are Rome and the Comarca Viterbo,
Civita Yecchia, Velletri, and Fronsinone Eek
cepting Ponte Corvo, with two square miles of
territory and about six thousand inhabitants.l
with two hundred and fourteen square miles,
and population of about six hundred and
ninety Thousand inhabitants, of which Rome,
contained, according the census in 1864, two
hundred and three thousand, eight hundred
and ninety-six.
In Europe there are six hundred and three
dioceses, with Catholic population of about
one hundred and forty millions.
Italy has two hundred and three bishoprics;
France eighty-one, with a Catholic population
of about thirty-f five millions; Austria fifty
eight, with twenty-six millions and the rest of
Germany twenty-one, with Catholic popula-
| tion of twelve million three hundred and thir-
ty-two thousand Great Britain forty five, with
eleven millions; Spain ffty-eight, with seven
teen millions Russia sixteen, with eight mil
lions five hundred thousand Portugal seven
| teen, with about three millions; Turkey fif-
teen, with one million; Belgium six, with four
| millions five hundred and seventy thousand
! the Netherlands six, with one million two hum
dred and forty Thousand; Switzerland five, with
| one million and seventy-One thousand; Greece,
4 with the Ionian Islands, six, with forty thou
| sand; Scandinavia and Denmark three, with
| one hundred Thousand (?)./
In America nearly two-thirls of the popula-
| ton belong to the Catholic Church. The total
; population is in round numbers about seventy
millions OF these forty-twO millions are
Catholics, the remainder fall to the countless