Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-01-23
US. CATHOLICS
TOTAL 13,867,426
WHILE 22.o1s,sss ARE UNDER UN-
Gle SANS FLAG-INCREASE
OF 7ss,o7s IN 1907.

Milwaukee Jan. 81. = There are
13,S87,426 Roman Catholics in the
United States according to the ad-
vance sheets of the 1908 official Cath
olic directory. published by them H.
Wiltzius company of this city These
| figures show an increase Of 788,07S
over last year. Including the Catholic
republic of the Philippines, which
amounts to 7,106,452, and adding the
100000 Catholic population of Porto
Rico. and the $4,000 Catholics of the
| Sandwich Islands, the entire Roman
Catholic population under the United
| States flag amounts to 22018,898
| In this country there are 1866
Roman Catholic clergymen, 1,496 be-
ing secular priests and 1000 being
members of religious orders, such as
the Jesuits, Benedictines, Redemptor-
lists, Dominicans and forty-f1ye other
communities.
| In Churches and Schools.
The total number of Roman Cath
olic churches in the United States is
1858, of which 8,408 have resident
pastors and 4,105 are supplied from
neighboring parishes There are 81
seminaries, 5000 students, 200 col
leges for boys and 697 academies for
girls. There are 4,443 parochial
schools, with an average total at.
tendance of 1,113,906 Including the
children at parochial schools, high
schools, colleges, academies, orphan
asylums and other charitable institu
y tions, the grand total of children in
Roman Catholic educational institu
tions is 1,310,300.
4 There are 57,463 nuns in the United
States, all Of whom are engaged II
educational or charitable work There
are 2f2 orphan asylums in which AZ,
597 orphans are cared for. All told
there are 1,054 charitable institu
. tions under Roman Catholic super
vision in this country.
The United States at present il
; governed by one apostolic delegate
one cardinal. thirteen archbishops
J ninety-four bishops. two archabbots
t seventeen abbots, two vicar apostol
! les, one prior and one prefect apos
: tolic; the hierarchy of the countr,
! consisting therefore, of 1872 prelates
g In addition to these Archbishop Sc
g ton. an American, is at present resid
: ing In Rome.
: = New York is Leader.
t New York leads the forty-six state
$ with Roman Catholic population 9
!. $3.50 900. Illinois is second with /
). 46s,644; Pennsylvania third with l
404 ,6O4; Massachusetts fourth with
population of 1,213,121; Ohio follow
T with $4,000, and Wisconsin is mex
3 with 61S,459. Michigan has 471,s3
D. Catholics; Missouri follows with 447
/ 703; Minnesota ninth with 425,8S6
n California tenth with 36S,S75; Texs
" 276,917; Iowa 240,555; and Indian
= POI, ,438.
!. The archdiocese of Chicago has on
:, archbishop. 2 bishops, 440 seculs
\ ! and 191 religious clergy; 314 churche
!, !, with resident priests. IS mission
!, with churches, 3 seminaries, $50 st
~ :, dents; II colleges for boys, 27 aca'
- emies for girls, 1S9 parishes wit
- schools, 79,1O0 children attendir
= schools, orphan asylums with Ia!
- orphans and "A charitable instit
- tions. A total of 93,657 children al
a found in Catholic institutions ar
- y the Catholic population is abo,
:, 100000.
~ = Looking over the Wisconsin sectie
q, .s of the directory it is found that Il
= - archdiocese of Milwaukee has a pop
= - lation of 100000 The diocese
- - Green Bay $4,000; diocese of I
o Crosse 1O9,275: and the diocese
. SCuperior 44,1S4; a total Of 51S,459
q, Eight hundred and twenty-five R
:. - man Catholic churches may be -four
~ ~ in this state, with 333 parochi
u schools with 81 .457 Dupils enrolled