Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-02
CATHOLIC STATISTICS.
The Growth Of tho Church in this Country
I'm a Hundred Years.

I'm Hundred Years.
The following statistics OF the Catholic
Church in the United States are taken
from HofiInans Catholic Directory, which
was recently issued in Milwaukee,:
The figures have been furnished by the
diocesan chancellors. The Catholic popu-
lation is estimated at S.30l 1867, and tho
number of priests is placed OF S,463[2l26
regulars and 6,337 secnlars. They attend
7.42O churches, 2.718 stations, aud l,539
cbapcls. There are 203 orphan asy lums,
caring for. it is estimated, 22,76l orphaus.
There are 30 theological seminaries. with
/. 6H students; 1875 colleges aud 632 acade-
mics, and 5000 parochial schools, with 65t.-
83s pupils. Chicago has the largest num-
Der OF scholars III its parochial schools
43. OOO-more than twice as many, proper
tiouately TO population, as New York.
Brooklyn has the largest number OF or
phans, excepting Boston, Baltimore. and
Philadelphia, each of these exceeding 1t 10y
one. bnt Brooklyn. in its nine orphan asy-
lums, cares for nearly as many orphans as
sc archdiocese. the number being 1882.
There arc thirteen archdiocese IN the
United States, with G6 sutragan sees,
vicariates apostolic. aud prefecture apes
tolic. These are governed by Is archbish-
ops and n bishops. o few OF the latter be-
ing coadjutors, who. with the Wears
apostolic, have titular sees in inhdel coun-
tries.
According TO the directory there are
] .090 600 Catholics in tho New York and
BROOKLYN dioceses, SOC, 900 of them belong
ING To the New York see. Albany diocese
counts $1,000. Buffalo, $500 Newark.
1G6. 900; Ogdensburg $3.50, Rochester,
$4,000: Syracuse, 100000, and Trenton, S.
600; so that in the province OF New YORK,
which comprises the States OF New York
and New Jersey, there are 1,725,S90 adj
herents Of the Catholic Church. From this
il will be seen that more than one fifth OF
the Catholic population OF the United
States find homes in New York and New
Jersey.
New York has 495 priests, 196 churches,
As stations, and Ga chapels. There are
orphan asylums, caring for ITO orphans;
colleges and 90 academies; 162 parochial
schools, with 3S,SS3 pupils. In Brooklyn
there are 1856 priests, lis churches, and ~
stations. Its educational institutions are
colleges, II academies. and 81 perochlal
schools, in which there are 25,675 pupils.
The Newark diocese claims 1875 priests, 100
churches, IL stations, as chapels, orphan
asylums, with $50 inmates; / theological
seminary, with rs students; 3 colleges. IL
academies. and rs parochial schools, which
are attended by "a, 943 pupils. Trenton has
SO priests, Sc churches, 40 stations, orphan
asylum, with 90 inmates; l theological
academies, and 2S parochial schools, with
$500 pupils.
The general statistics of the Catholic
Church IN the United States compared
with the figures given in the Directory for
1889 show the following increase: Popu-
lation. 1869; priests, 345: churches. G7
chapels, SO; orphan asy lums, 3; colleges. {;
academies, So: parochlal schools, 4lO
pupils attending parochlal schools 81 GA.
One hundred years ago, when the Catho-
lilo hierarchy was established IN the United
States, the Catholic population OF the
country numbered 44,500. The figures at
that time were collected for the holy see,
and the division was announced as fol-
lows:
There are in New England about GOO;
New York and New Jersey, LOO; Penn
sylvania and Delaware. 1900 Maryland
freemen, IL, 900; slaves, 10000. 900; at the
Illinois, at Kaskakia, and several other es-
adjustments, purely French, on the Mis-
sissippi, 10000.
The Catholic population is divided
among the different sees at present as fol-
lows: Province of Observation-Disclosures,
10000; Charleston, S. g., 5000; Richmond,
1900; st. Augustine, $4,000; Savannah,
10000; Wheeling, 10000: Wilmington, Del,
$4,000; and yicariate of North Carolina,
5000. Province of Boston--Boston. $40, 900;
Burlington, 46 900; Hartford, 100000; Man.
chester, 10000; Portland, 7l.lOO; Provi-
dence, $4,000. and Springfield, 10000. |
Providence OF Chicago-Chicago. AGO. 900;
Alton, $4,000; Belleville, sc, 1000, and Peoria, |
100000. Province of Cincinnati-Cincin- |
natl. lS9, 500; Cleveland, $50, 600; Columbus,
o, 600; CovIngton. 1900; Detroit l25.-
pids, $1,000: Louisville. $4,000; Nash
vile. $1,000, and Vincennes. 86,1Ss. Pro-
vince of Observation-Disclosures, $50 900
Green Bay, 100, 900: La Crosse, 1000, and |
Marquette, 10000. Province of New Or |
leans-New Orleans, 5000; Galveston,
~ 900; Little Rock, 5000 Mobile. 1900;
1887; Natchitoches, 5000; San
Antonio, $1,000; vicariate of Brownsville,
Territory. 5000. Province Of New York
New York. 100000; Albany, 100 900: Brook
Ign, 10000; Buffalo, iS2,o00;. Newark,
10000; Ogdensburg, 65.390; Rochester,
n, 900; Syracuse. 100 900: aud Trenton, 55,-
900. Province Of Oregon--Oregon, 1900;
Helena. 81, 900, Nesqually, Washington Ter
ritory, 4e,o09; Vanoouyer's Island, 500.
and yicariate Of Idaho. 100. Province
Erie. &C, 900; Harrisburg. Sc. $50; Pittsburgh.
i7b. 900, and Scranton, $1,000. Province
OF st. Louis--St. Louis. 2S0, 900. Cheyenne,
;, 100; Concordia. Kansas, 1880; Dayen-
port. $1,000; Dubuque. 100000; Kansas
City, 2e,43l: st. Joseph, 1881; Leaven-
worth. 60,o00: Lincoln. 10000; Omaha,
81, 900, and Wichita, 5000. Province of st.
Paul-St. Paul, 225. 600; Duluth. 1850;
Jamestown, 81. 600; St. Cloud, 81. 900; Sioux
Falls, $4,000. The population of the arch
diocese of st. Paul includes that Of the
new diocese of winona and separate figures
IRE not given in the Directory for the lat
Tor. Province Of San Francisco-San Fran,
cisco, 2oo.00o; Monterey and Los Angeles
!. 900 Sacramento. "a. 900. aud vicariate Of
Utah, $500. Province Of Santa Fe-Santa
&c, $4,000; Denver, $1,000. and Arizona.