, 1869-02-07
The Catholic Cuu.ch-Ets Stztuy II III .
CaItt d Sta1c9,

Our rtaders, Of every religious denamina-
tiou. Wto are tsresied In the eroWth OF re.
li.,ion in the United Stiles ,:wi1l End below an
exhibit Of the status Of the Catholic Church
The States are diyiscd into sere1 prov |
inccs, each governed by an Archbishop, as /
sisted by his associate prc!ates. OF whom the
eiehest Is toe Archbishop Of Baltimore, MIST
Rev. Martin J. SpauldluE.
Inc s".o rineesof Pa!ttmoro extends oye.
the . District Of Columbia and ihe stass. of
North and 2outh' Carolina, Georgia and The
eastern section Of Florida. AID mum be.s ttlt-
teen d'oceses, governed By as manyB ishops~
The Psovince ct Cinelonati Is under Arch
bsshGp John B. Pnrcelf, the oldest Prclate IN
Indians, Michigan, and Kentucky, divided
into nine dioceses with aa many Blshops.
The Pros1nce of New Orleans comes next
y 5alpE oEasf: 15I + 4. Is a, under archbishop
Alssissippl, rxas aad Arkansas, making az
! dioceses, with HIshop In each
The Province of,tH York y governed by
,, Archbishop John Mcte2sEkT, the Immediate
successor Of the late A1chehop Hqshsa- i
: New Jersey and the New EngfM states, ,aud
Includes ten dioeesea aud Bishops.
blshop FrancIs n. Blsnehst, aud numbers dve
RIn9 oS a1S an5 F5 ,,5stsd In
The Province OF st. Louls is governed By
,, , Archbishop Peter Richard Kens1ck, the
| brother ct the late distinguished AzchhIshol
!. Of BALTIMORE 1t includes Missouri, Tennessee
. Minnesota, Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado
Arizona aud the ludtan Territory, with IL
!, teen Bishops.
: The Province Of San Fsanclsc, embrace
the state Of California and Nevada. and 81
the territory east OF the Rio Colorado It !,
!. governed b Archbishop Joseph $. Alemany
, With two Associate Btsnopa-
9 There are seven Archblshops, acd forty
eight BLhops, With four mltred Abbot-, ant
!: three di .cescs whose pselates have seeentl,
/ uipistza'oss, There are also three thousan,
one huaased and elghsy-three Catholi
c priests
During the past year. the mortuasy list In
. cl1ded three Bishops, fos:y-uin. priests sn'
d men and women. There are s,3sy zegularl
built churches. not iaclad18E chapels or MI
G slou HOUSES, 81 hospitals, sd ct phsn assluusa
4 aud the olhsr baiidings used = colleges, cor
sont r.. ga aihoi Gheer n5;,tu,on
Fe about three million eight hundred thouzani
Il In the city OF et- Louis and throughout Ii
State Of Missouri there are now oTer one hui
It dred churches, slK IN course Of erccsiat
tB about twenty chapels, ouc hundred sud 6xt1
le five priests, tlx male religious Institutions K
Young men, twcaty psrochtal 1choo
with 1900 pupils attending them, two hol
:, pItala, four orphan asyluns sheltering MI
= hundred ospha1s, three beucvo1ent aud cha
table institutions, and eleven female re1igtoz
- 1uaiRutions.
- there nc In the city of St. Louis twent,
10 six Catholic churches. most OF which ha'
+ | two resident clcrgynen attached to thea
e and seven chspe1s where religious service
~ I held.
Be Be throughout this State, and Indeed ali oy
the country, new churches and other bull
no fngs, ioteuced either Tor religious OF educ
Ic tional purposes. arc In constant course
Or erection, and eyerT year adda several ne
| edff1ce3 In the list.