The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-04-22
The Catholic Church.


Church, throughout the world, with consid-
cradle detail as to its status in Rome. Our
readers will find it veryiuteresting and high
y useful for reference. e,e1 adj lfilf
The Pope bears the title "Ticar Of Christ
Successor of the Prince Of Apostles
Pontifex of the Church Universal, Patri'
arch OF the West, Primate of Italy, Metro
polltan Of the Province of Rome, Bisho !
OF Rome, and Sovereign of the temporal
possessions of the Holy Roman Catholicl
Church. & i9 eGsa5
The cardinals are seventy-two in number
namely, six cardinal bishops, fifty cardinal
priests, and sixteen cardinal deacons. s
(Note.-In 1866 the College of Cardi-
nails consisted of 66 members, grouped ac-
cording TO nationality as follows so Ital-
ians, s Frenchmen, 5 Germans, 3 Spaniards
l Belgian, / Portuguese. Ofthese l3 were
created by Gregory XVI, and Is by Plus
TX. AT the present time there are but 81
living Cardinals, there being q vacan-
cies. sf 09 g1sf s1tig stf
There are three patgiachesats Of the
Oriental rite, in Antioch (for the Melchites
Maronites, and Syrians,) in Babylon flor
the Chaldaens.) and Cilicia (for the Arne-
uians) and seven patriarchates ofthe Latin
rite, in Constantinople, Alexandria, An
tioch, Jerusalem, Venice, the East Indies,
and, Lisbon.
The patriarchate Of Rome consists Of Sc
episcopal sees scattered over the whole
world ~ metropolises and 81 cathedrals)
Ahich stand under the immediate jurisdic-
ton Of the Holy See.
There exists at present II patriarchal,
1874 archiepiscopal, and 686 episcopal sees.
To these must be added the archbishops
and bishops IN parti6as ia7seleliam; so
that there are at present, with or without
residence, 9OS episcopal sees. There are
besides these, l0l apostolic vicariates, FL
apostolic procedures, and 5 apostolic dele
gatures, all under tho control of the
Propaganda.
Pins TX, has, since bis assumption Of the
Government, created 90 bishoprics, A
archbishoprics, II prefectures, and | dele
gature, and preconized a considerable num-
Der of bishops for vacant sees.
The Capelh Pontifcia (the Paral Court
consits, as at present ordered. of the cardi-
nails and patriarchs, the throne assistants
(archbishops and bishops), the vice cham
berlain Of the Church, the princely throne
assistants, the auditor and treasurer of the
Papal Chamber, the majordomo Of his
Holiness, the archbishops not being throne
assistants, the College of the Apostolic
Pronotaries, the archimandrite of Messina,
the Commander Of the Santo Spirito Hos
pital, the chief Of the chancellery. the
priors of the monastic orders, the munieip:
atty of Rome, the master of the Holy
Hospice,the audience of the Rota, the
comptrollers of the palace, the priests Of
the chamber, the masters of the ceremo'
MES, the acting and honorary chamberlains
the chaplains, &c. s rg5 se atil
The fansigla Poatgecia, however, con
sists Of the cardinals prodatariis, the secre
taries ofthe Breves, the secretary of state
and the secretary Of the, memorials, the
chief chamberlain, the house prelates and
other prelates, the chamberlains d spdddd
cappa the noble, Swiss, and the Pala
tine Guards. s..-
The Holy See is represented at foreign
courts by Z nuncios Brussels, Lisbon
Madrid, Munich, Naples, Paris and Wen
NAY: 8 interpuncios Hague, Florence, Mo
dena and Rio Janeiro); | charge daffaires
| (Lucerne); and has 81 consuls. The diplo
| matte corps at the Holy See, and the &C
credited consuls, consist Of 3 ambassadors
| IA ambassadors extraordinary 2 ministers
resident, and 80 ,consuls, of, whom II liv'
in Rome. y St%' : 50 8 ? @
The States ofthe Church are divided in
to twenty (since the robbery, into fve) lie
cations, which are again subdlyided into {
certain number of delegations, and are PEG
pied inclusive Of the provinces usurped b,
Piedmont, by 3,l34,68S inhabitants. Tn
superficial area of the Papal territory i
752 square miles geographically. Tn
present de facto possessions OF the Hol.
See, are Rome and the Comarca, Viterbo
Civita Vecchia, VeIetri and Frosinon
excepting Ponte Corvo, with two squar
miles OF territory, and about 5000 inhabi
tants), with 2l4 square miles, and d popu
lation of about 10000 inhabitants, of whicl
Rome contained, according to the censn
in 1864, 203,896.
In Europe there are SOB dioceses, with
Catholic population Of about lat millions
Italy has .2o3 bishoprics France 81
with Catholic population of about 8
millions Austria IS, with 2G millions
and the rest Of Germany, 81, with a Catho
lie population of II, 1872 900 Great Britain
As, with IL millions. Spain 58, with |
millions Russia Is, with eight million
five hundred thousand; Portugal Ii, wit
about 8 millions J, Turkey Is, with I mil
hon; Belgium 6, with 100000 1.-THE Meth
erIands 6, / 100000; Switzerland 5, wit
Ion 900; Greece, with the lonian Islands
6, with 47,00O; Scandinavia and Den
mark 3, with l00,000(?) 4sE az
In America nearly two-thirds Of the poE
ulation belong to the Catholic Church
| The total population is in round numbers
about 70,000,000 Of these 100000
are Catholics: the remainder fall to th
countless Protestant ,sects, the Jews, an
heathens, and are found for the most pau
in the Northern half Of the American Coz
tinent, whereas Central and South Amer
ca are almost exclusively Catholic.
| Of the l4S 'dioceses of America, 80 al
! in the United States, with Catholic popl
lation of A millions. OF the remaining 8
disoeeses, Il are in British North Amer
ca, with a Catholic population Of abol
two. millions; SO in Mexico, with eigl
millions; IL in the empire OF the Brazil
with eight millions and the remaining )
in the States of South America and tt
West Indies.
Asia has a population Of six hundre
and sixty millions, Of which scarcely mo
than three millions belong to the Cathol
} Church. OF these three millions, one mi
lion dwell on British Territory half a mi
lion in Turkey, as many in Anatfn, al
about three hundred and thirty thousar
pI - ph;no eThnen fhren millions of CntllOi