The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-30
A GRAND RECORD.
Progress of the Church in the Nine
teenth Century.

Progress OF the Church in the Nine
teenth Century
In 1900 about l.a01 missionaries were
distributed throughout the missions of
the world. In 1900, there are 1S,5O0
missionary priests and 4500 lay broth
ers working in the various missions,
and this is only part OF the staff that
modern apostalatc has created. The
other sex has also claimed its part, and
II is the best part. and what was
mostly unknown to the former CEN
tury. We see it now: that is $4,000
Europeans and 1n.0po natives Of the
mission districts employed everywhere
III relieving the poo and the afflicted.
But hoH- is that immense apOstolate
maintained? inquiries the Boston Re-
public. Through the aims of the poor,
collected ana distributed by the So
ciety for the Propag ga tion OF the Faith
and the Holy Infancy society to the
amount Of $4,000 600 per annDm. Two
millions is very little compared to
S2OOoO. .OOO or $50 100000 of the other
creeds. yet with its 81 100000 only the
Catholic apostolaEe covers the whole
world. and succeeds where the minis
ters Of other denomina lions have often
failed
THE CHURCH IN 1900 AND 1900.
In the Chinese empire in 1900 there
We're only $1,000 Catholics. There are
l00o.O0G or then 3: 1900
Indio-Ch!na numbered 34( o00 Catho
lies in 1890; she counts .0t 400 in 1900.
India frnn AfEhanistsG Ia China had
in 1S0n 475 no Catholics. and only -
miS.'nBers. ir 1900 there are 1000 mis-
Sirl-, .ad 20GO N00 "a hclics.
Australia ar3 Kew Z+a!anI. where
NOT a Catholic v-4s know in 800 have
fo000 00o in 1900 With AZ orGarsized
hierarchy.
In ha comhsrieeS islands of Ocean
ia. C9t5oilc missions date only from
1860. vet IN 190e they rT'aher 100000
faEhf1].
10 priast could enter lapan until
1850; there are now five bishops $50
rriests and 5000 Catholics.
A!a"ria and Tunista h3d only 1000
Catholics in 1890 and Egypt 1000 more:
in ZOO thes" countries number zoo.0o2
Catholics 100000 III Algeria aion-
South Africa counts i0 000 Catholics
In eight dip-eses.
South Ame, ica in 1901 contains
mere than l0.0OO.C00 of Catholics
IN THE UNITED STATES
in 1N00 there were only bishop. 80
l.r.rsts and 10000 Catholics there are
ir l90A. t3 archhishopS. 81 bishops 1000
Iri' Sis and over 10 00A, 06G Catholics
ln 1880 there were In Canada 63. 900
Catholics: in 1900 there are 9.00O0O0
Tr Newfoundland the Catholic church
did not exist in 1880; in 1900 there are
- 500 Catholics.
England and Scotland had in 1880 s
vicars-apostolic and 12no00 Catholics:
In 1900 over 100000 Catholics and
over 1000 priests.
Germany numbered i'm 1900 6 600 600
Of Catholics. dispersed throughout the
country: i'm 1905 she numbers in Il COM
pact mass 100000 of Catholics
In 1900, in Holland no priest could
elebrate mass except in a guarded
room. There were only 100000 Cath |
C,ics. without 4 bishop administered hv /
an apostolic delegate. There are now /
in the same country 1.4SS.000 Catholics. I
governed by. ; bishops and $500 |
priests. enjoying the most perfect free
dom.
enjoying the most perfect freedom.
In Switzerland. in 1900. the number.
Of Catholics was only 422 900: in 1900
there are 1.223,o00, with 5000 priests |
and : bishops.
In 1900. there were only 200 Catholics /
dispersed throughout Denmark. Swe- /
den and Norway In 1895 there were in |
Denmark 1000 Catholics with Jesuit |
college l145 Catholics IN Sweden and |
SIS in Norway
III loVN, tilN AbAdi VI 1diHOlCS IN hOu- /
mania. SerVia Bosnia. Bulgaria and 1
Greece was only $4,000; in 1900 it is |
$4,000.
Under the barbarous government of
the Turks. the Catholic communities |
have increased fourfold There were |
in 1900, 10000; there are in 1900. 421.-
OO0
INCREASE IN POPULATIONS.
All parts Of the world have consider
ably increased in population since 1900.
Africa alone has remained stationary.
with 130, 600 population: Asia has
increased from 500 100000 to $50. 900, 600;
Europe from 200 100000 to S93. .O0O. 900:
Oceanica from 20,0OOOOO to $4,000. 600:
America from 35000,O00 to 145. 100000.
On the whole. the population of the
world has nearly doubled during the
last century; viii it do the. same dur
ing the present century?
There are 400 600. 900 whites in Europe.
and 10O000,000 more in the other parts
OF the world, making a total of 500. .000.-
600 of whites, against 1000 600. 600 of
yellows, browns and reds.
Among the colored peoples, japanese
Persians and Turks are