Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-16
CATHOLICISM IN AMERICA.
Recent Statistics Regarding the Cath
Ollie Population.


Ollie Population.
Hoffman's Catholic Directory for 1890, which
has Just been issued at Milwaukee, gives the
statistics Of the Catholic church in the United
States. The figures have been furnished by the
diocesan chancellors. The Catholic population
is estimated at s,3o1, 1857, and the number of
priests is placed at s,469-2,126 regulars and
6,S37 seculars. They attend 1920 churches,
LIS stations and 1,539 chapels. There are 203
orphan asyiums, caring for, it is estimated,
%, 761 orphans. There are 80 theological semi
naries, with ,631 students, l25 colleges and 632
academies, and 8 209 parochial schools, with
654, S38 pupils. Chicago has the largest num-
Der Of scholars in its parochial schools-43 600
more than twice as many, proportonately to
population, as New York. Brooklyn has the
largest number of orphans, excepting Boston,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, each Of these ex-
ceeding it by one, but Brooklyn, in its nine
orphan asylums, cares for nearly as many or
phans as these archdiocese, the number being
2,932.
There are thirteen archdiocese in the United
States, with &c suffragan sees, 5vicariates apos-
toiic and l prefecture apostolic. These are
governed by ID archbishops and n bishops q
few of the latter being coadiutors, who, with
the Wears apostolic, have titular sees in infdel
countries.
According to the directory there are 1880 900
Catholics in the New York and Brooklyn do
ceses, S00,0 of them belonging to the New
York see. Albany diocese counts loo, 900; Buff
falo, 325OO; Newark, 10000; Ogdensburg,
$3.50; Rochester, II 1000; Syracuse, 100 600. and
Trenton, $1,000; so that in the province of New
York, which comprises the states of New York
and New Jersey, there are 1,725,S90 adherents
Of the Catholic church. From this it will be
seen that more than one-ffth of the Catholic
population of the United States find homes in
New York has 495 priests, 1856 churches, 48
stations and "a chapels There are orphan
asylums, caring for LILO orphans; 4 colleges
and 80 academies; l62 parochial schools. with
1883 pupils. In Brooklyn there are 1856 priests.
llo churches and 80 stations. Its educational
institutions are colleges. IL academies and 81
parochial schools, in which there are 25,675
pupils. The Newark diocese claims 1875 priests,
lO9 churches, IL stations. rs chapels. orphan
asylums with $50 inmates; theological semi
nary, with rs students; colleges, IL academies
and rs parochial schools which are attended by
"a, 943. Trenton has &c priests Sc churches, 40
stations, orphan asylum with 60 inmates;
theological seminary, with IL students; col
lege, academies and % 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 follow
ing increase: Population, 143, 691; priests, 3I5;
churches, 81; chapels, SO; orphan asylums, s.;
colleges. l; academies. SO; parochial schools,
41O; pupils attending parochial schools 81 GA.
One hundred years ago, when the Catholic
hierarchy was established in the United States,
the Catholic population of the country num-
bered 44,5OO. The figures at that time we're
collected for the holy see, and the divDion was
announced as follows:
There are in New England about GOO; New
York and New Jersey, LOO; Pennsylvania and
Delaware, 100; Northumberland, II. 900;
slaves, S,OOO-z0, 900; at the Illinois. at Kaskas-
kia, and several other establishments, purely
French, on the Mississippi, 1000.
The Catholic population is divided among
the different sees at present at follows: Prov
ince of Observation-Disclosures, 220. 600: Charles
ton. SC, 5000; Richmond. $1,000; st. Angus
tine, 10000; Savannah, 10000; Wheeling, TO-
600; Wilmington, Del, 1900, and vieariate Of
North Carolina, 5000 Province of Boston
Boston, $4,000; Burlington, 10000; Hartford;
100000; Manchester, 10000; Portland, II 100;
Providence, $4,000. and Springfield, 10000.
Province of Chicago-Chicago, 460 600; Alton,
$1,000; Belleville, $4,000, and Peoria, 100000.
Province OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1S9. 500
Cleveland, 100000; Columbus, 54 600; Coving-
ton, $4,000; Detroit, $4,000 Fort Wayne, Ga, 900;
Grand Rapids, 5000; Louisville, I35, 600: Nash
vile, $4,000, and Vincennes, Sc, lSS Province
OF Observation-Disclosures 10000; Green Bay,
100000; La Crosse, $1,000, and Marquette, 49,
600. Province of New Orleans-New Orleans
10000, Galveston, 4l,000; Little Rock, 5000;
Mobile. $4,000; Natchez, 1887; Natchitoches,
80. 900; San Antonio, 81, 000 vicarate of Browns
vile, $1,000, and prefecture apostolic Of
Indian territory, 5000. Province OF New
York--New York, 100000; Albany, 10000;
BROOKLYN, $4,000 Buffalo, 1872 800; Newark,
10000; Ogdensbuig, 65,390; Rochester, 1900;
Syracuse. 100000, and Trenton, s. 200. Prov
ince of Oregon-Oregon, 1900; Helena, q, 900;
Nesqually, Washington territory, 1000; VAN
couver's Island, l,5O0, and vicariate of Idaho,
7,lO0. Province of elphia-Philadelph
400 900; Erie. co. 900; Harrisburg So, 430; Pitts
burg, $4,000, and Scranton, $1,000. Province
of st. Louis-St. Louis, 100000; Cheyenne,
2.100; Concordia, Kansas, 14.5O0; Davenport,
IS, 600; Dubuque, 10O, 900; Kansas City, S,43l
st. Joseph, 1851; Leavenworth, $4,000; Lin
coin, q, 0O0 Omaha, $1,000, and Wichita, 5000.
Province of St. Paul-St. Paul, 225, 600; Duluth,
24,5O0; jamestown, $1,000; st. Cloud $4,000;
Sioux Falls, $4,000. The population OF the
archdiocese Of St Paul includes that of the
new diocese of Winona and separate figures
are not given in the Directory Tor the latter.
Province of San Francisco-San Francisco,
200, 900: Monterey and Los Angeles, 1000; Sac
ramento $4,000, and vicariate of Utah. $500.
Province of Santa Fe-Santa Fe, 128, 900; Den
Yer, 1000, and Arizona, $4,000.