Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-15
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statistics ef thi- church IN the Tat
ted AeReea

statistics OF thl- ,hurch IN the Tat. /
ted states
Washington -. G., August H. The
census office has issued n bulletin devo.
ted 10 statistics ~ churches representing
all the Catholic bodies which have con
gtegationH IN the l'nited States. There
are seven ~ these commuuiOna embra.
cling the Roman Catholic, the Greek
Catholic, (unionisis), ~ union with the
Holy sc-, the Russian orthodox, the Ar.
meuiau, the old Catholic, and the reform
oil Catholic church The Roman CAtho.
lie church has congregations IN every
state in the union, including Alaska and
the district ~ Columbia. The Uuitcd
Greek Catholics are represented IN Penn
sylvania, lllinoise New Jersey and Min
ncsutn the Russian orthodox and Greek
church in California and Alaska; the or.
thndux church ~ Greece in Louisiana.
the Armenian IN MasHac husctis, New
York aud Rhode Island; the old Catho.
lies IN Wisconsin, aud the Reformed
Catholics N New York, Massach usetts
and Illinois
The Roman Catholic shurrh il divided
into l3pfuNlnccS, winch embrace IL
dlucepe-, "a diuccs-s, . ucata,cs ape
tulIc. II has lO,2ll organizations ur con
gregatluns, ~ which t!Hi or ~ per
cent meet IN halls, schuol housrs aud
public places The church owns S,15
houses ~ worship, Including calhedrals
/ churches and chapels, valued ut t2lS,.
Isl ,ilG II has total ~ G,2JO,Oij CON
munlrania. ~ whom one half ARE tu bc
/ found ~ the dIu,cars IN the five states
New luck, Massachusetts, rcnbsy wanna,
b Illinois aud Dhii. THE arch diucesr ~
Sullivan. Dutrh"ss, Orange, liockland
Clinton, and Richmond, has i72,Si com,
muulrauts, With church property yalu~i
Mt SsHr,t1i. Tue arch diocese ~ lius
ton, embracing the counties ~ Essex
MlddlespX Suffolk, Norfolk and Ply
mouth, comes urI, Ia number ~ com
muuirauts reporting ilG,bN, with ia,
church property valued ~ 81, zoe
aud tina, ~ Chicago, including Cook anc
H"vrntrcu other counties, ~ tG,GiI
and church property valued Il, a ,'Eai,
~
The total nuwhcr ~ communicates n
G.2puii Who ufc attached to lO.9l or
eantlnt,uns, cuurcheS, Charcls, and alta
tipus, making an average ufGll commun
lchn's tu each congregation. 81 IT," 10,
81 organizations, ,iG9. or about Il
per cent, worship IN halle, school house
or private HOUSES, which. exclusive -
priNat" houses, represent - seating ca
parity ~ G9,lG2, whur IT." 100 cditicc
owned 10y the church have seating On
pac,,y ~ 4, .aG,.ilB making total oi s.
~, 7G2 Tor the whole church. which /
Romewhnt more than halt tue number q
communicate.
TIE uuWnrr ~ Parishes which hav
ne church rdtiic's, but use tomporarll
auch recommendations ~ private house
can afford, - very large One ~ thee
parishes reports To fewer than l,im com
~ lnlrnnts In all ~ tue 81 aecs, in
cludine the arch d,uccs"s ~ New Or
, lears, Philadelphia and san Francisco
, every organization has its own churc
edliira.
Tue total value u church property, 10
4 Guiding edliices, the ground upon who
, they stand, furniture, belle, etc IL s2ls,
, 3sl dc The average value % each I'd
/, tice II thereto u about 1890. Tn
T metropolitan sea ot New York, with II
i2sCG commandments. has church pre-
psrty valued Mt nearly S9,ooO,ooO, that q
r Chicago comes second, with propcrt
; worth $G,ij1.OI, and that ~ Bosto
third, with u total Of fG37ao7s Brood
:, Ign comes fourth. with II valuation {
SJ,7jl.!N7. and Newark nth with si,1g1
D 49, These five sees have more than on,
fourth ~ tho entire valuation Of IN
=, church.
;. In the distribution u communism,
r.. the arch diocese ~ New York come
. first. Boston second, Chicago third. wit
= 5Si,GIO; Philadelphia fourth with 25l
q l62, Brooklyn NTH with 227,7Sj, s
Paul sixth With 2ri,isi, AMI Balttmor
u seventh with ~! 90. There are - zee
p which contain upward Of lm,Up con
!. municants each.