The New York herald., 1869-12-08

whom seven hundred and sixty-s,x are resident pa
triarcns, archbishops ana bishops; the othef TWO
hundred ana twenty y-oght have nominal sees IN par
ttbs c,ade,sa. and are either court preiates, nun
clos, provincial delegates or apostolic Wears ana
missionaries m foreign parts. The following c.assi-
ncation shows their respective ranks:-tnere are
twelve parlarchs seyeny-fiye resident archoishops
OF The Lat,n rite twenty-five resident erchoshops Oh
different rites thutyhv archosshops Va pdftoos,
six hundred and nine resident Latin olshops Iorty-
ye resident bishops OF different rites, one hundred
and nlnety-three bishops ca pdrttous. Among the
titulars whose ages are precisely KNOWN three are
nncty-nve years old, two are ninety twenty are
from eighty 10 eghty-dge, fortysi from seventy
nyo TO eighty seveny~nine from seventy to seventy
I'VE one hundred aud sixtyfour from sixty to sixty
i've one huuared and thirtythree from ffty-hye
TO sixty, one huadrod and drty from rty to ntyave
eghty.lwo from forty.gye TO hfty, fortytnree nom
rorty to rortY-dye, twenty-four from thrw-egnt 10
forty thirteen from thirtynve to thirtyelght. seven
from tnrty 20 tnlrty-nve. The ages or one hundred
and twenty-tnlee resident bishops ana one hundred
and Ave ia pdtibHs, are not yet exactly ascertaned
With respect TO the proportion In which these
spiritual pastors exclusive OF prelates IN paf70us
are distributed over the surface or the GLOBE there
are in the states OF the Church six archbish0ps ana
hfty-elght bishops; England, Ireland and tue British
colonies ten aud 1ftye,ght; Austria, ten and forty
two; Bavaria, two ana six; Belgium, one and hye;
Brazil one ana eleven; Bolivia one and threei onle,
one and three: Argentine Confederation, one and
i've; Two Sieiies, twentysix and nlnety-tWo; ter
man Duch,es, ono and three; Equator, one ana i've;
Spain and her colonies. eleven and hfty-one; ehseo
States, seven and forty-e,ght; France ana her
colonies eighteen and seventyhye; greece, TWO ana
six; New Grenada, one and seven; GuarEemala, one
ana lour Hayti one and four; Hanover has no arch
bishop but TWO bishops; Holland, one and four;
Mexico, three and fifteen; Modena, one and four;
Parma, no archbishop but three bishops; Peru, one
and seven; Persia bas one archbishop but no bishop
Portugal, four and tweaty-three; Prussia, two and
SIX; Russia, TWO and twelve; Kingdom OF sardinia
and tho Iombardo- yenitlau provinces, eight aud
thirty six; Switzerland. i've bishops without any
archbishop, although tho Pope Is going TO create an
archbishop o Frlboarg; Tuscany, four aud eisateen
Turkey, i've and five; Venezuela, one aud four.
Total, I35 archbiahops aud o3l bishops.
On the first day OF the month OF November there
were In the Cuurch one hundred and twenty seven
vacant dioceses very large proportion of them
being ln italy, but including others in various re-
gons OF tue globe, Lisbon for instance Zante,
Cephaouia, ArmidaIe in Australia Auckland in
New Zealand Antioch, Beyrout nd Babylon. Seven
vicar apostolic provinces were also vacant-0on-
stantinople. Southern Pekln Honan IN China, Ey-
derabad, Abyssinia New Caledonia and Nayigator's
Islands. There were thus one hundred and thirty
four vacant sees, which, added to The iiltyeght
whose bishops have been dispensed from attending,
win raise the number wanting a the Council to one
hundred and ninety-two. Every effort however,
has been made 70 al up some OF the vacancies In
mediately with view 10 the representative bishops
being Rome time to take their seats, so thai the
enumeration OF personages present at the moment
OF calling the role or inscription may stll vary
sight!y-bui only sllghtly-irom that which Is here
stated.
Tie c1ci'1 co3lgregdgtoTae Romano has decided,
in concert with the Pope that the one hundred and
thirtyiour blshoprlcs vacant seventy or which are
in Italy alone, shal be represented at the Council
by their respective Wears General. This will be an
important accession OF strength to the numerical
force OF the assemDage
The Monas.ic orders OF the Church viii be repre-
seuted in the Council by injured a0oots. The
number OF monasteues for males In the Catholic
Christian world IS estimated at 5000, having
membership footing up about it, 600 persons While
the monasc and other religious retreats for females
are calculated at 10000, with $4,000 inmates or
professed or recluse persons. Of the male monas
tics the Franciscans have $1,000 Members the
School Brethren 5000 and the Jesuits e,ooo Con-
gregations Tor aurslng the Sick. 5000; BenecIctnes
5000; Dominicans, 1000; Carmelites 4,o10; Trapp.
lists, 5o00 LaZarists 2ooo PIarlsts. 1000, and the
Redemptoriss, 100.