The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-19
American Catholic Statistics.

The official directory for 1902 of the
Catholic church in the United SCtates,
published by the NJ. H. Wiltzius COM
pany of Milwaukee, has reached us.
The general summary gives us for
the total Catholic population of the
United States, 1896, 15S OF course, this
is but an approximation. Most dioceses
qualify their total with about" or
estimated and a few reckon by fam
lies. The reckoning is cautious, al
ways rather under than over the prob
abilities.
The distribution of the Catholic pop
ulation is an interesting study, at
which we can but glance. The great
archdiocese Of New York has about l.,
100000; Brooklyn returns 100000, and
Newark. y. j.. 100000. Here, in a COM
paratively small space, is massed near
ly one-fifth of the total estimated
Catholic population of the country.
The next greatest Catholic center is
The archdiocese of Chicago with 500, 600
and total of 245, 900 in its three suf-
fragan sees of Alton. Belleville and Pc
oria, making over million of Cath
olics in the single state of Illinois.
The archdiocese of Boston comes
next, with an estimated $50, 600; and
the aggregate population of it's six suf-
fragan sees $4,000, gives New England
a total Catholic population Of 1902, 600.
The archdiocese of Philadelphia has
about 100000; but the great diocese of
Pittsburg in the same state has a quar-
ter of a million. even with the new see
of Altoona, with its $4,000 cut off.
The old and long settled archdiocese
of Baltimore. st. Louis and New Or
leans. show slighter change in their
figures, as they no longer attract much
crease.
The figures of Catholic school at
tendance in comparison to total popu-
lation, of which we take some speci-
mems, are significant. BaltimOre'S are
2S.349 to 245.000; Boston's. A, 700 to 650.-
600; Chicagos. $4,000 to 500. 900: Cincin-
nati's, 29.277 10 100000; Dubuque's, 1a,-
655 TO 10000; Milwaukee's, 31.957 to
245 600: New Orleans % 463 to $50 600:
New York's, y, ,62O to 100000: Phila-
delphia, about So 500 to 100000: st.
Louis 2S,069 to go 900; St Paul., 24,000
to 220,0O0 San Francisco's. about 5000
10. $4,000 Santa Fe, $3.50 TO 133, ,OO0
But the conditions in New Mexico are
different from those in other parts of
the country. In most of the country
missions the population is entirely
Catholic. and so are the teachers of the |
district schools.
The diocese of Brooklyn has over 40 !
600 young people under Catholic care;
Buffalo, p. .115 TO total Catholic popu- |
lation Of III, 600: Cleveland about 81, 600 |
to 100000: Hartford. 25.522 to 270,OOO |
Newark 37.450 to 100000: Rochester. TO- |
S33 to 100000; Manchester 1880 to 100,- |
000
OF 2610OO Catholic journals and ma
Eazines. eighty-five are in foreign Ian
guages. German. French. Polish Span
ish, Italian, Slavonic, Bohemian.
Dutch. Indian: New York has one and
Chicago two Catholic dailies in the
Polish language: Fall River, New Bed
ford, Worcester and Woonsocket
French Catholic dailies; New York.
St Louis German Catholic
dailies. and Toledo a Bohemian Cath
olic daily.
The acquisition of the Philippines
adds 6,505.99S to the Catholic population
Of the United States. The Sandwich
Islands give us $4,000 more. We have
as yet no figures for Cuba and Porto
Rico.