The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-09
CENSUS AND CATHOLICS.
FIGURES TAKEN FROM THE Bull
LBTIN OF STA TIS TICS.

The Total Number of Communicates
Placed at e,25O,o45. Attached to
& H1O,221 Organ;zAt ons-Cnurch Prop
erty Valued at S119,381 ,51o-Dis-
tributioa of Communicates and Or
ganizations by States.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The census bureau
to-day issued bulletin giving the statistics
of the Roman Catholic church and all
other Catholic bodies historically related to
it which are represented in the United
States, viz, the Greek Catholic church
tUniates), which acknowledges the sover-
eighty Of the pope; Russian orthodox
church, Gresk orthodox church, Armenian
church, Old Catholic church and Reformed
or Concerted Catholic church.
THE HISTORICAL MATTER EMBODIED.
Considerable historical matter is en-
bodied in the bulletin. The census office
acknowledges its great obligation to all the
ecclesiastical officers of the Catholic church
for the active and methodical aid in the
furtherance of the work of the enumerators
According to the information received from
the bishops, it is the custom of the church
for baptized persons to make their
first communion between the ages of 9 and
IL years. Baptized persons below the age
of years are not included, therefore, in
the census returns. Some ecclesiastical au-
thorities estimate that this class constitutes
about Is per cent. of the population of the
church, which, of tcourse, embraces both
baptized members and communicates.
NUMBER OF COMMUNICATES.
The total number of communicates is
$3.50, ,045, who are attached to 10.22l organ
izations churches chapels and stations),
making an average Of Gil communicates to
each congregation. OF the 10,22l organ
i2ations 1,469, or about 144 per
cent. worship in halls, school
houses or private houses, which,
exclusive OF private houses. represent
seating capacity of 1866, ,633, making a
total of 3,435, ,792 for the whole church,
which is somewhat more than half the num-
Der Of communicates.
VALUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.
The total value of the church property,
inclu ling edifces, the ground on which they
stand, furniture, bells, ETC., is $118, 1881, ,5l6.
The metropolitan see of New York, with its
472, ,SO6 communicates. has church property
valued at nearly 80 900, 900; and that
Of Chicago comes second, with property
worth S6,457,064; Boston is third, with a
total Of $6 379,07S Brooklyn comes fourth,
with a valuation of IS ISL ,9O7, and Newark
stands fifth, with 81 ,297, ,482. These five
sees have moro than one~fourth Of the en-
tire valuation of the property Of the church.
DISTRIBUTION OF CoMNIUNICANTs.
In the distribution of communicates the
archdiocese of New York comes first, with
472, 500; Boston is second, with 419, ,66o;
Chicago is third, with 326, $40; Philadelphia
stands fourth. with 251, l62; Brooklyn fifth,
with 22S, ,7s5; st. Paul sixth, with 20S ,2S4,
and Baltimore comes seventh, with 1872, 597
There are twenty-five sees which contain
mn I'd ~ 100 00D
FACTS BY STATES.
In q tabulation by states the following
facts appear:
There are 959 organizations, with 1, ,15S,-
l30 communicates in the state of New York
seven dioceses). and the value of church
property is S25, 769. AIS.
In Massachusetts two diocesesl there are
Ola, ,267 communicates belonging to 3S1 Or
gantzations, with church property valued
at SO ,816,008
Pennsylvania five dioceses) hos 551 SIT
communicates, 654 organizations and $l0,-
O6S,7 worth of church property
In Illinois -four diocesas), there are 473.-
324 communicates, 6sS organizations, and
church property valued at 80, ,9l6S19.
Ohio three diocesesl, has 1856, ia COM
municants, $50 organizations and 81, 1896, $40
OF church property
In these five states there are :, ,I2S. .772
communicants, or little more than one>
half of the total for the whole church. and
there ia church property of the value of
S62, 996, no, which is considerably more than
one half of the total valuation.
REPRESENTED EVERYWHERE.
The church is represented in every state
and territory in the country, including
Alaska and the district of Columbia.
1t has organizations in every county
but one in six New England States; also in
evory county in New York, New Jersey.
Wisconsin and other states and territories.
In the southern states Alabama has 10
organizations and 13, ,230 communicates or
members; Florida has A organizations and
Is, S67 communicates; in Georgia there are
Ga organizations and II ,22S communicants:
Louisiana has 206 organizations and 2ll ,763
communicates; there are in Mississippi
67 churches and 11,34S communicants:
North Carolina has 60 organizations and
2,640 Communicates; in South Carolina
there are 66 organizations and 1850 com
municants. Tennessee has 60 organizations
and IL, $50 communicates, and Virginia SO
organizations and II $50 commandments.