Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-21
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
STATISTICS Compiled from an Onicial m.
rectory for 1889.

n.
statistics Compiled from an Oncial M
rectory for 1889
hofman's Catholic Directory for
1889, which has just been issued at
milwaukee. Wis, gives the statistics
OF the Roman Catholic church in the
United States. There are thirteen
Observation-Disclosures, Boston. Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee. New
orleans. New York, Oregon CITY,
Philadelphia. ST. Louis, st. Paul. San
francisco and Santa Fe. Each of these
greenhouses is the head of province
which is made up of several sees. In
the thirteen provinces there are sixtv
oloceses, seven vicariates-apostolic and
one prefecture-apostolic, that of In
dian Territory. The church dignita-
rles of the United States are one
cardinal, twelve Archbishops, sew
enty-two Bishops, one Project
Apostolic, and eight mitred Abbots.
Those in charge of the seven vicariates-
apostolic are Bishops. They, with
hfty-eight over sees-two of he sixty
dloceses being vacant-and seven who
have resigned. make up the seventy-two
Bishops. Right Rev. John j. Keane,
the former Bishop of Richmond. Va.
Is one of those who have given up
their sees. He is now rector of the
Catholic University at Washington.
In general summary the directory
gives the total number of priests in
the United States as Sis. Of these
Z.OOo are members of religious orders
and Clio secular elergymen. There
are 1888 churches, 2,77O stations, that
is, places where there are not resident
pastor, and 1,4S0 chapels. The Cath
ollcs have 1879 orphan asylums, with
2l,35o inmates; 81 theological semi
narles, with 1870 students; 124 COL
leges. $40 academies, 2,799 parochial
schools, with 597. 1874 pupils. The
Catholic population of the United
States is given as S,157.676.
The statistics for the archdiocese of
New York show that there are churches
with resident priests, IA; without res
1dent priests, 46; chapels. 60; stations
(without churches) regularly visited,
AZ; priests. 479; (secular, S11; regular,
25; Brothers, including novices and
postulants, 39S; religious women, in
Guiding novices and postulants, 2,179;
1 theological seminary, students, 1874;
colleges, students. 1,107; boys
academies, students. $50; 80 girls acad-
emies, students, 1857; 7S boys paro-
chial schools, pupils, 1918; 20 girls
parochial schools, pupils, 1868; 6
orphanage schools, pupils, 1,201; in
dustrial and reform schools, inmates,
3, 153; 6 orphan asylums, inmates, 1,2O1;
IL homes for destitute or hayward
children, inmates, 1922; hospitals,
inmates, 3, 1877; homes for the aged.
inmates S14; l insane asylum, inmates,
So; l founding asylum. inmates, 1910
(not all Catholic, thought; A confer
ences of St. Vincent de Paul, members,
1900. The Catholic population is
800, 600.
These figures, compared with the
statistics of 1888, show that during the
year the archdiocese has gained two
churches, one chapel, one station,
fOrty-two priests, fifty-four brothers,
including novices and postulants; three
girls academies, nine boys parochial
schools, and eleven girls parochial
schools. The increase in the number
of pupils in the boys schools is 1,577,
while in the girls school the gain
is 462.
New York has more priests than any
other archdiocese. Baltimore comes
next with 525. With regard to
churches it is fifth on the list, Mil
waukee, Wis, being first, with PCS;
st. Paul, Mimi, second, with 245;
Cleveland, o., third, with 226, and
Chicago, ILL.,, fourth, with 21O. Brook
lyn takes care of more orphans, 1857,
than any other diocese. New York
comes fifth in this matter, its other
three superiors being Philadelphia,
which provides for 1,404; San Fran
cisco, /, $50, and New Orleans, 1900.
Baltimore, Philadelphia. Chicago, Gin
cinnati, Buffalo and St. Louis have
more theological seminaries than New
York, there being three in both Balti-
more and Philadelphia and two in each
of the other sees. In the number of its
parochial schools New York takes the
lead, Louisville being second with 12S.
Chicago comes first in the attendance,
the number of pupils of its schools
being 42.OS7. New York is second.
This archdiocese has 5000 more
Catholics than its nearest competitor.
Boston. in which reside AIS, 900 mem
bers of the Church of Rome-N. Y.
Sun.
Champion Of the Basnyard.