The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-28
CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS.
S,157,676 Members, With s,11S Priests and
1888 Churches. .<.
New York SUM-


of the Roman Catholic Church in the
United States. There are thirteen
archdioceses-Baltimore, Boston, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, New Or
leans, New York, Oregon City, Phila-
delphia, st. Louis, st. Paul, San Fran
cisco and Santa Fe. Each of these
archdiocese is the head Of province
which is made up Of several sees. In
the thirteen provinces there are sixty
dioceses, seven vicariates-Gpogtolic and
one prefecture-apostolic, that Of Indian
Territory. The church dignitaries of
the United States are one cardinal,
twelve archbishops, seventy-two bish-
ops, one prefect-apostolic, and eight
mitred abbots. Those 10 charge OF the
seven vscariates-apostolici.ar are bishops.
They, with ffty-eight over sees-two Of
the sixty dioceses being vacant-and
seven who have resigned, make up the
seventy-two bishops. The Right Rev.
J:J. Keans, the former bishop Of Rich
mond, Va, is one of those who have
given up their sees- he is now rector
of the Catholic University at Washing
ton. In general summary the di-
rectory gives the total number of priests
in the United States as s,11s. OF these
2,oO3are members Of religious orders
and 6,110 secular clergymen. There are
1858 churches, 2,770 stations, that is,
places where there are not resident
pastors, and l. ,4s0 0chapels. The Catho-
lies have 1919 orphan asylums, with
2l, ,s53 inmates; 80 theological semina-
ries, with 1910 students; 1A colleges,
$40 academies, 2,S99 paroehial schools,
with 5e7, 7,1s4 pupils. The Catholic
population Of the United States is
given as 8, 8,157, $40.
The statistics for the archdiocese Of
New York show that there are
churches with resident priests, IA;
without resident priests, 46; chapels,
60; ;stations( without churches. regularly
vis;tad 40. nriests 40. (secn,sr All:
reonlar ia: not aft3listed with the
archdiocese. 251; .Bsothers. including
noyiees and ,postulants, $685., religious
women, including novices and postu-
lants, 2,17s; / theological seminary,
students, IA; 4 colleges, students, !, ,1e7;
8, boys academies, students, $50; 80
gifls' academies, students, 1857; 7s
boYs, parochial schools, pupils, 18,i4S;
IS. girls; paroch:at schools. proiIs 1s,-
658; 6 OF ptanaee schools, pupils, 1 1,2201;;
industrial and ,esotnn schools; ia-
mates, 3,153; 8 orphan asyIums, inmates,
1,2o1;17 homes for. destitute OF way
ward children, iamates, e,2s2;s 8 hos
pitals, inmates, 5,12z; 8 homes for the
aged, inmates, slA; insane asylum,
inmates SO; one foundling asylum,
inmates 1,670 (notall Catholic, though);
Al conferences Of st. Vincent de Paul,
members, 1900. The Catholic popula-
tion is 100000.
These figures, compared with the
statistics of 1883, show that during the
year the archdiocese has gained two
churches, one chapel, one station, for
ty-two priests, ffty-four brothers (;n-
cluding novices and postnlants), three
gicls' academies, nine boys pa:ochial
schools, and eleven girls parochial
schools. The increase In the number
ofpupils ia the boys schools is 1,577,
while in the girls schools the gain is
1852. ~
New York has more priests than any
other archdiocese. Baltimore comes
next with sos. With regard to churches
it js ficlh on the list. Milwaukee, Wis.
being fist with 2eS: st. Paul. Minn.,
second. with PAS: Cleveland, Ohio,
third. with 324.. and CHICAGO, III,
fou. ,h with 90. Brooklyn takes Gaze
gilmore orphans, 2.457. than any other
diocese. New York comes 18th in tbi.
matter, lis other thee superiors being
Philadelphis, which provides for ], ,4O4;
San Francisco, 1850, and New Orleans,
800. Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chi
cago. Cinc:noati, Buffalo and st.
Lou:s have moce theological sannipa.
r;es than New York. there beid9 three
in both Baltimore and Philsdelphia
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