The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-30
Annual Report Of Census of Ro-
man Catholic Church Shows
increased Figures
MANY PRIESTS IN THE WORK.
With Total of SIS, 459 Cath
o1ics Ranks Sixth in the Union
According to the New
Directory

advance sheet Of the 1908 Official
Catholic directory, published by the M.
III. Wiltzius Co. of Milwaukee. These
figures show an increase of 788,073
for last year. Including the Catholic
population of the Philippines which
amounts to 7,lO6,452, and adding the
100000 Catholic population Of Porto
Rico and the $4,000 Catholics Of the
Sandwich islands, the entire Catholic
population under the United States flag
amounts to 22,O18,898
The editor Of the Catholic directory
says that all the figures are submitted
to the publihers by the archbishops and
bishops, the total may be taken as a
very reliable estimate. A census has
been taken by most Of the archdiocese
and dioceses and the very latest figures
have been submitted.
The statistics Of the Wiltzius direct
DRY reveal number Of interesting facts
In this country there are 1865 Cath
Ollie clergymen, 1l,496 being secular
priests and 4,O96 being members Of re
dictines, Redemptorists, Dominicans
and forty five. other communities
Many Catholic Students.
The total number Of Catholic church
es in the United States is 1858 of
which 8408 have resident pastors, 4105
being supplied from neighboring pa
rishes. There are 81 seminaries, 5000
students, 200 colleges for boys and
GOT academies for girls. There are 4443
parochial schools, with an average at
tendance Of 1,113,906. Including the
children at parochial schools, high
schools, colleges, academies, orphan
asylums and other charitable institu-
tions, the grand total of children in
Catholic educational institutions is
1,310,300. There are 57,463 nuns in
United States, all of them engaged in
the educational or charitables work.
There are 272 orphan asylums, in
which 1887 orphans are cared for.
All toIu, there are 1854 charitable in
situations under Catholic supervision in
this country.
The United States at present is gov
erned by one apostolic delegate, one
cardinal, thirteen archbishops, ninety
four bishops, two archabbots, seven
teen abbots, two -apostolics, one
prior and one perfect-apostolic; the
hierarchy of the country consisting,
therefore, Of 1872 prelates. In addi-
ton to these Archbishop Seton, an
American, is at present residing at
Rome.
The Oldest Prelates.
| In point of service the four oldest
American preIates are Cardinal Gibbons
Of Baltimore, Bishop McCloskey of
Louisville, Bishop McQuad of Roches-
ter and Bishop Hogan Of Kansas City,
all of whom were consecrated in 1868.
According to the Wiltzius publica-
ton, New York leads the forty-six
states with Catholic population of
2,650,000. Illinois is second with
| 1,468,644 Catholics; Pennsylvania
third, the Catholics numbering 1,404,-
604; Massachusetts, fourth with a pop
ulation of 1,213,121; Ohio follows with
619,029 and Wisconsin is next with
518,459. Michigan has 471,853 Catho-
| lies; Missouri follows with 447,7O3;
Minnesota ninth, with 425 1856; Cali
fornia tenth, with 368,875; Texas,
276,917; Iowa, 24o, $50 and Indiana
! 201 ,43S.
The Wisconsin Section.
Looking over the Wisconsin section
| of the directory it is found that the
archdiocese of Milwaukee has a popu-
lation of 100000; the diocese of Green
| Bay, $4,000; diocese Of La Crosse,
109,275, and the diocese Of Superior
44,184, total Of 518,459 This does
not include the Upper Peninsula which
enthusiastically belongs to the Wiscon-
sin province. There are 1872 priests
in the Badger state, 635 being secular
clergy, LAT being members Of religious
orders. The various religious orders
represented in this state are the Je-
suits, Dominicans, Capuchins, Carme-
lltes, Holy Cross Fathers, Services,
= Ae@hoiooouo, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Alex
ian Brothers, Fathers Of the Divine
Savior, Oblate Fathers, Congregation
of the Holy Ghost.
Eight hundred and twenty-five Ca
tholic churches may be found in this
state, with 333 parochial schools with
6l,457 pupils enrolled. Adding the
pupils in colleges, academies, high
schools, orphan asylums, the total mum
Der of young people under Catholic
care is 65,966. Wisconsin Catholics
have one theological seminary, one
university, eight colleges for boys, one
normal school, one domestic science
school, eleven academies for girls, ten
orphan asylums and one school for the
feeble minded, FIVE Industrial schools,
one deaf mute asylum, twenty six
hospitals, and two homes for the aged
The County Officials of Racine coun-
| ty have organized a company to en-
gage IN raising frogs for the market.
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