New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-13
ROME.
II'lIIIF
STATISTICS or THE GREAT COUNCIL.

STATISTICS or THE GREAT COZ NJ IT..
The following ~ from the Roman letter, dated
oct -. o. The Lo,don Morning FOsi: " it certainly
sounds very imposing to say that lnnn.lHd uttered
basca ~ st. Peter. obedience to The summons az the
Father Of the Faithful and ~ fulnmcut {" their eIfco
pa oath; but 10 H. not supposed. u reality that the entire
herarcucm body Will be- prc-eut ln Rome on the APP
preaching sh OF December aud has even been cotjr
tured tht not more imn t~otlhr"o "i ihis huhhe' VIII
the benches Of the Council Hall. Il IL positive
that letters Of excuse have been received rom me io
lowing CJ Arcl,hups aud Bishops, CNpfce.ug their pro
found regret at not being able 90 atirId the Council
but alleging motives sufficiently plausible 10 b3 accepted
by the supreme fnhll l,hiae hi Just being plh
cipay age. hhrmties or 20 To say. the in-uprbe dis
Archbishop Of Palermo; Circiolr. Bishop of Trapau
Thomas Brown. Bishop Of Newport England; 4. T.
Wulshc Kildare aud toighliu; T. Walsho OF O.sory:
manzo 0I Bisno6 Of GHrs si"faaoulc Of sano
safe. u, pariibus. sufracau Of ruscn, Onyoira Of
A IL d. Bosa rG bishop OF Pa.o Comm
Of Port dE'pagne, Autilles; John Naisk Of Lon
Wilmington. IT, \. Rosecrns Of Colombo, 4. s.. Luers
Of Fortwaiuc, y. 81 Fechan Of Nashville, T. s.: Grasso
u. 81 Blanchet, Archbishop of Oregon city, L. B.; NJ A.
Banchet. Bishop OF Nesquay. o. 5 Gainla Of Clceros
QUINN Of Bathurst, australia; Murray OF Maitland Aus,
trua Salyado Of Porto yIttora. Austrnlai Poansk of
ChaGveau of scbastopul IN part.bts The Apostolic
Wears Of Yunuan Fokicn, Kmno-s aud Xantaug, in
China Of East aud West Cochin China, Ton
quiz, South TonqnIn, East Bengal. Colombo
IN India, Iafnapatum, Agra, Cauara, the eastern
district Of Cape Of Good Hope, Tamaulpas IN Mexico
Arizona, Colorado and Titan, hurnam aud Tam. The
hsnUps OF Druspare GCrnnnlcop0lls, aud Troy ~ pnr
bUS and the resident bishops Chms, Tuscany Qucrc
turO, MeXrO; Ldntc and CcphaiUna, Uuian Isles; Nantes
France Kulm Prussia; and lluArUs. MeNir0. Although
mention above The round number OF 1000 rs the total of
the Roman Catholic hierarchy their exact cipher is 1884,
OF whom 7CG resident patriarchs, arChishups md
bishops; the other rs lHvc only nominal sees ~ pabw
bddeiuW,, and are either cogrt prclatcs, nuucios,
provincial delegates, or apostolic Wears and MISSION
ares I'm foreign parts, The following classification
Shows their iespeclly9 ranks There are u patr
archs, 70 resident aIchbl-hon or mo lhuc rltc p
resident nrchbshups Of different utcs IS arcLbishOps ia
pbm Coz resident Latn bshOps 10 resident bishops o
different rites, 1913 bishops "a p"ribHs Among the ut
lars whose ages precisely known, three % years
old 90 % arc from 80 To 49, 10 from IS to So 20
from 10 IT, lGi from 60 Ia G5 l3 from b5 10 60, $50 ftum
3d. from 40 10 o. 40 from 40 O 49, q from % to 49,
irOu 50 To- from 80 90 49, The ages OF l2J resident
bishops aud lO5 ~ pdrtbS are not yet exactly Ascer
tanned. with respect 10 the proportion IN which these
spiritual pastors exclusive OF pelateh i pfiiOHs arc
distributed the surface Of the globe, there aro
IN the States Of the Church six arcb!Shops and %
bishops; England, Ireland and the colonies, 10 aud 6s
Brazil and III Bolivia, aud 3; Chill and >; Argentine
Confederation, aud Two slccs, 20 aud W. German
les, III ana 81 United States and ~; France and her
colonies, IL ana I5 Greece and O. New Grenada ana
z; Guatemala, aud A. Hayu and {; Hanover has no
Archbishop hut two Bishops; Holland. aud 4; Mexico,
8 ana 10; MOdena and 4; Parma, no Archbishop, but
three Blshols; Peru. and Z; Persia has one
Prussia, 2 and q Russia a and "; Kingdom Of
Sardinia and te LOmbardO Venetian provinces and 30
switzerland bishops, without any archbishop AS yet,
FnbOurg Tuscany, aud Is; Turkey, aud o Venc-
Enea. aud Total, 1855 GrchblslOps aud bishops.
The Italian refoTmers certainly have some reasonable
foundation t0T their desire 10 diminish the numbers OF
bishops In the new Kingdom, results from the pre-.
cedng catalogue that Italy furnishes exactly third OF all
The archiepcopal sees Ia tho world, aud traction more
Kingdom ~ Naples ulcue figure, Tor mono than double
'he Austrian gup't OF spain aud H.i Aeg cV!J.Ics.'