The Irish standard., 1907-01-26
THE TOTAL NUMBER
or Catholics in the United
States, According to
Advance Sheets of the Direc-
tory. is 2O,9S6,266.

From the advance sheets OF the 1907
Official Catholic Directory, it is found
that the Catholic population Of the
United States is 13,OS9,353, an increase
OF $4,000 over the previous year.
The total number of Catholic clergy
men is 1908. an increase of 6Os. Dur
ing 1906 there were 1874 new churches
established. making Il total OF Cath
Ollie churches 12,14S. There are Sc
ecclesiastic seminarics, will, 5,G97
students, and 4.S64 parochial schools,
with an aggregate attendance of L.
Os6,S42.
The Catholic directory further shows
that there are 255 orphan asylums,
with 40.5SS orphans. Including Or
phans. children in homes. as we'll as
those attending the 99s institutions of
higher education, there are 1,266,175
United States children being educat-
The Catholic hierarchy of tine United
States consists at present of one papal
delegate, one cardinal, fourteen arch
bishops, ninoty bishops and eighteen
abbots. The majority Of Catholic
clergymen are secular priests, there
being 1,1135. The religious order
priests number 1855, and among these
are represented forty-five different re-
ligious orders Of men. the leading Or
ders being the Jesuits, lscnedictines,
Capuchins, Dominicans, Frunciscians,
Holy Cross Congregation and Redemp-
florists.
There arc fifteen vacancies in the
college OF cardinals there being only
tifty-five red-robed prelatcs instead Of
seventy. which is the full quota OF tho
Pope's senate. The oldest archbishop
in the world in point Of service is the
Most Reverend Daniel Murphy Of tho
archdiocese OF Hobart. Australia. who
has been prelate for sixty-one years.
The Oldest dignitary in the United
States is the Most Reverend John JOS
eph Williams, archbishop Of Boston,
who was consecrated bishop forty-one
years ago.
Tho Catholic population Of the Phil
ippine Island is given as 6,S62,413:
Porto Rico, 100000: Sandwich Islands,
80, 900; Alaska, 1850; making the to-
tai of Catholic subjects under the
United States flag, 20,9S6,266. The
Catholic population Of Canuda is Civ
Ell as o,447,S39, while that Of Cuba ~
1,573,s62.
Tho archdioceses OF New York and
Chicago are each rated at 100000.
However, the boroughs Of Brooklyn
and Queens are not counted with the
archdiocese or New York, they form
ing separate diocese. With the 600,-
900 which would be given to the arch
diocese Of New York by the boroughs
Of Brooklyn and Queens, the popula-
ton would be 100000.
The archdiocese of Boston is third
on the list with $4,000. Tho diocese
Of Brooklyn appear swith 100000. The
archdiocese Of Philadelphia is fifth
with 4S5,O0O. The archdiocese of New
Orleans is sixth with 100000. The do
cese of Pittsburg is seventh with &c.,.
900. Tho archdiocese of st. Louis and
the dioceses Of Cleveland and Hartford;
are next with population OF $4,000
The diocese of Newark has 100000,
diocese of Springfield $4,000, arch
diocese Of Baltimore $4,000, diocese
Of Detroit 250,2O0. diocese of Scranton
100000, archdiocese Of Milwaukee 247,-
ia, archdiocese Of ST Paul 100000.
and the archdiocese Of San Francisco
$4,000, while the dioceses OF Buffalo
and Providence each claim 200, 900.
AS these figures are furnished by the
bishops of the various dioceses, they
are official.
The largest diocese in the United
States, in point OF area, is the diocese
OF Salt Lake, Utah, with 1898 square
miles. Tho diocese is presided over
by the Right Reverend Lawrence Scan
Ian.