The sun., 1892-02-09
NEW cATHoLTC srAzrsr1cs
TIE Catholic Pepu,assea or tAe UalteA States
Est12asea at e,oAY,4Nl.

NEW CATHOLIC sTA1IsT1CS
The Catholic Pev.,assea or the uasteA States
Estiasted at e,eAT,aS1.
"Hoffman's Catholic Directory" for 1892.
which has Just been issued at Milwaukee.
gives the latest statistics Of the Catholic
Church In tho United States. The figures in
the Directory were compiled from the returns
OF the various diooeses for 1901. These re-
turns were furnished 70 the Directory by the
chancelors Of the dioceses. who got tho fe-
ures from the pastors OF the churchea
The Directory puts the total Catholic popu-
lation OF the United States at S.847.22l. This
is 67.255 moro than tho figures In the Direc-
tory for 1901 foot up. According to the recent
United States census. the Catholic population
OF the country In 1890 was 8,25O,04S.
which is 2.397.178 less than the d.
rectorys figures. Baptized persons below
the age OF years were not included In tho
United states census report. The compiers Of
the Directory estimate that this class consti-
tute about Is pcr cent OF the entire popula-
tion OF the Catholic Church. The difference
between the figures In the Directory for 1891.
which gives the returns for 1890. and those
given In the United States census. is 2.329.9 .921.
Adopting the estimate Of the pliers Of the
Directory. that those excluded from the CEN
sus report are Is per cent. Of the Catholic pop
ulation. 937.5Oe ought to be added to the CEN
sus figures. This would make the Catholic
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s5'ssts sns
!tnat Is; places where mass is celebrated at
intervals, but which have naatOrl .tRR
chapels. 223 orphan asylums. with 25.51S In
q s sSSsses NIB wS aSa
ana an h S'4% PapoehiaI schools. which are attend
head Of the Catholic population Of each dio-
eese cess G come from actual count, In great num-
merely Estimates. Catholics who % have Sees studied 3
hat n has she t%e sass ten snd twelve
editor t rs.marksd rescatiy. when W. Say tGat
been taken BY the Clergy Of es sVen ons.tensh S e
ststss reason d why this is s The iaet
yer very plain and simple In the first place the
eathoes M paris parish % modersts namescsf
unusually large number q Catholics; is a tedi.
cases out Of ten. II not in nineteen out Of twenty
= tbe exct is @
mated; AZ regards these estimates. they are
to @ ns hsme4 5 they h sa9
sb5 stances are much below it. The reason q
onerous. in tho shape Of assessments; for
these burdens nre often made proportionate
spa yet % MsdR os %a S is I
mate OF its real financial resources. Conse-
auenty for seif-prctection of the people Of
rather than overestmate the number Of
Catholic souls in, their respective Parishes
ton. and then consider also the fact that in
many instances no returns at all are made. Of
understood that the estimates given in the
Catholic Directory OF the Catholic population in
oSTy %any 9 es WGs sa
.ss
Churches more stations. 81 more chapeIs Ise
semnaries IS more Colleges. 81 more Gsna acad.
infreas9 lnGs R The attendance at the parochiai
:, The United @ States is divided into 13 arch
tnfc dlofcesss TS0 w diocsses and
and 73 Bishops. some OF the dioceses are
without Bishops. and they are directed BY sd::
an ecclesiastical province. and 80 there are
IL provinces In the country.
In tn the . ecclesiastical province Of New York
Newark. .Ogdensburg. Rochester. Syracuse,
and Trenton, The archdiocese OF New York.
York and tho counties Of Westchest er: Put
nam. Dutchess. Ulster. Sullivan Orange. Rock
land. and Richmond. and the Bahama Islands.
has. according to the Directory. a Catholic
population Of 800. 900. There are in tine arch
diocese 206 churches. 6S chapels. 48 stations
5O4 priests. 4O5 brothers. including novices
and postulants; 2. 372 religious women. inciud.
ing novices and postulants ! theological sem
mary with 16s students; colleges. with
dents; 10 parochial schools, with 4083l pu-
pills: orphan asylums with 1887 inmates II
homes for destitute or wayward children, with
homes hon , FOR the aged. With sa inmates is;
sane asylum. with. 81. inmates. and found
ling asylum. with ]. 1877 inmates
:, The Catholic population Of. the dioceses in
10000: !BFIreqkiyn, 10000: Buffalo i6Q:6o5:
Newark, 100000: Ogdensburg, 64.9SO: Roch-
ester. 1000: Syracuse. 10000. and Trenton
55. .S44. In point OF population the archdiocese
Of New York leads. Boston comes next with
$4,000. and Chicago follows with 497. 700.
Pantheism.