The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-11
CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS.
Present Condition OF the Church In
This Country-Increase In 1894.
New York Sun.

Present Condition Of the Church In
This Country-Incrense In 1904.
New York Sun.
According to the statistics OF the Cath
Ole church In the United States, as fur
nished by the official Catholic directory,
the membership of the church In this
country increased 1889 during the year
1894. The figures furnished by the chan
cellors OF Che various dioceses show that
the Catholic population OF the United
states is 9.0T.s56. In the whole country
there are IL archbishops 70 bishops 10063
priests, $3.50 churches with resident pas
tors. $3.50 missions with churches. making
$500 churches in all: 5.ls4 stations and
chapels, universities, q seminaries for
secular students. with 2129 students, n
semparies of the religious orders. such
as the Jesuits, Franciscans. ETC., with
1.474 students, lS2 high schools for bows
6o9 high schools for girls. S.7s1 parochial
schools with 775,07o pupils. 2ss orphan asy-
lums sheltering S.S6 orphans, SCI chart
table institutions. The total number of
children In Catholic institutions is sis.-
207
These figures compared with the figures
Tor the previous year, show the follow
ing increases: Priests, 90: churches. $50:
university, /; secular seminartes, 8; regu-
lar seminaries. 1s; children attending
parochial schools. 10000; charitable insti-
tutions. IS: children cared for In chart
table institutions, 5,6S5.
In the archdiocese of New York. which
comprises the counties OF New Yorl,
Westchester. Putnam, Duchess. Ulster
sullivan. Orange. Rockland. Richmond.
ana the bahama Islands. there are 500, 600
catholics. according to the directory This
archdiocese now has 600 priests. as
AGAINST $50 last year: 30 churches. az
against 2l2s 1i3 stations and ohapels. as
against 10; les parochiaI schools. with an
attendance OF 41.057. as against 1853, with
an attendance of 4o,f49
me dioceses In the ecclesiastical PROV
ince of New York-Albany: Brookfvn
Buffalo, Newark, Ogdensburgh. Rocheg-
ter, Syracuse and Trenton-show an in
crease in all respects. Albany has a1
priests. 135 churches. 1si stations and
chapels. 40 parochiai schools with 13OO0
pupils, and Catholic population of 100 :
up. BROOKLYN has $50 priests. 122 churches.
:. stations ana chapeis. ITO parochiai
schools with 29,il2 scholars and a Catho-
lie population OF $50. 900. In Buffalo there
are 2l3 priests. 162 churches. is stations
ana chapeis. "A parochial schools with
1897 pupils and a Catholic population
or 100000. The Newark diocese has 2s3
priests. rs churches. IS stations and
chapels, SIS paroch!al schools with % col
pupils. and Catholic population of go
600. ogdensburgh has IS priests. lie
churches. % stations and chapels. On
parochial schools with $500 pupils and
Cathoifc population OF TOGO Roches-
ter has IS priests. 20 churches. 10 stations
and chapels. q parochial schools with 10
- pupils and asCatholic population OF
5000 The figures for Syracuse are So
priests. "a churches. IS stations and chan
els. is parochial schools with SAB puniis
ana Catholic population of 1000. In
the Trenton diocese there are 90 priests
io2 churches. S. stations and chapels. 3e
parochial schools with 72i9 pupils. and
Catholic population OF 5000.
The Catholic church In the United
States is divided into fourteen eccIesias-
teal provinces. The province of Balti.
more, including the diocese OF Charles
ton, Richmond. st. Augustine, Savannah
wheeling ard Wilmington. has 3as OssO lav
men, $40 priests. and 45a churches. The
province of Boston, including the diocesea
OF Buringtion.a Hartford. Manchester.
for'land, providence and Springfield, has
lssl,Vp iaynen. 1,233 priests and Tg7
churches. The province OF Chicago IN.
Guiding Alton, BeiIeviile, and Peoria. has
ts5,oD iaymen, s3S priests and CSC churches
The province of Cincinnati incluaing
Cleveland, Columbus. Covington. DetroIt
Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, LouisvfII,
and yincennes. has I704. 4Ig laymep ! ass
priests, and i.4es churches. The prnvinns
or Dubuque, including Cheyenne. Daven
port, Lincoln and Omaha, has 2ss. $50 law
men. 5ii priests and 654 churches Tho
province of New Orleans. including Dat
las. Galveston. Little Rock. Mobile
NatcheZ. Natehitoches, San Antonio.
brownsville and Indian territory has
o., $50 iaymen. 519 priests ana 572 Churches
The province of Oregon. including Boise.
Helena, Nesaually and Alaska territory.
has ll1.s0o taymen. 1s7 priests and 81
churches. The province OF Phiiadetnhia
including Erie, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh.
and Scranton. has 9as.s00 laynen. ~,
priests and CSC churches The province OF
St Louis. including concordia. Kansas
city, Kan: Kansas City. Mo-: ST. Joseph
and Wichita has 800 800 iaymeu. sI3
priests and s2s churches. The province OF
81. Paul, including Duluth. jamestown,
ST. Cloud. Sioux Falls, and winona. has
2ss,o0 Iaymen. 40 priests and s3s churches.
The province of San Francisco. including
Monterey. Los Angeles. Sacramento and
Salt Lake. has go 90 iaymen, $40 priests
and 80 churches. The province OF Santa
Fe. including Denver and Arizona. has
Zls,Zb laynfen, III priests and 443 churches