The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-02-16
CATHOLIC CENSUS
SHOWS INCREASE
OF Membership in Large
Numbers.
THEY NUMBER l4,347,O27
In the United StateS-StatiS-
tics by Different States
and Countries.

The advance sheets Of the official
Catholic directory show there are a.
347,O27 Roman Catholics in continental
United States, which is a gain OF ILL.,
SIC over the figures presented by the
Catholic census last year.
Including the number of Catholics
in the Philippines, Porto Rico and the
Hawaiian Islands, the total number OF
Catholics under the United States flag
Is q. 5S7. O79. The Catholic population
under the British flag, according to
the same directory, is 12,O53,4lS, while
the German Empire boasts of 2O,S27,-
9J3. There are S5,57OS7S Catholics in
the Austro-H Hungarian monarchy.
The same directory shows that there
are 1850 Catholic priests in the
United States, 1924 being secular
clergy and 4,276 members of religious
orders. This is a gain of 457 with
in the year. Nor does this include
those United States priests who are
teaching or studying abroad.
There is a total of S,S49 Catholic
churches with resident priests in the
United States and 1855 mission
churches which are supplied by the
neighborlng pastors. This is gain
of S66 over last year. The directory
-aleo- shows that tire Catholic church
has 4,S45 parochial schools in this
country with 1,2S7,251 pupils attend
ing, So seminaries with 6,1S2 pupils.
247 colleges for boys, 700 academies
for girls. Catholics of the United
States maintain 2S9 orphan asylums,
in which there are 51,541 orphans be-
ing cared for.
The total number of charitable in
stitute3 which are supported by the
Catholic church in this country is l.
1o5.
The oldest prelate in point of SER
vice in this country is Cardinal Glib
bons, who was consecrated Bishop,
August 16, 1868. Bishop Hogan, of
Kansas City, Mo, is next in rank,
having been consecrated a month late
than Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop
RYAN, of philadelphia, who was APP
pointed Bishop in 1872, ranks third,
while Archbishop Ireland, of st. Paul,
is fourth, his conservation date be-
ing December 81, 1875.
The Catholic population of the
leading States in the Union, accord
ing to the directory, is as follows;
The State of New York ranks first
with 2,722,647; Pennsylvania second
with 1,494,766, while Illinois now
ranks third with 1,443,752 Massachu-
sets is next in line with 1,S73,772.
Ohio has 1926; louisiana $50, 431,
and the State of Wisconsin is sew
enth among the States with 522217.
New Jersey follows Wisconsin, with
100000; Michigan boasts Of 4S9, 4j1
Catholics, and Missouri claims 49,
7O3. The State Of Minnesota con-
tains 427,627 Catholics; California has
1880 Connecticut, 100000; Teasx,
2S3,917; Iowa, 242,OOO; Rhode Island,
242,OOO; Indiana, 21S,75S; Kentucky,
1926.
1t is also interesting to learn that
the city of Chicago has more churches
than any other city in the Union.
There are 1877 churches in Archbishop
Quigley's city, while New York prop
er-that is, Manhattan and the Bronx
has 1873. The city Of Brooklyn has
lilo, while Philadelphia boasts of 49,.
In the Worlds Fair city of st. Louis
there are SO Catholic churches and in
Pittsburg may be found 6S edifices,
There are 81 churches in the city OF
Boston and also 81 in Cleveland. In
Buffalo there can be counted So Ro-
man Catholic churches; Baltimore has
AZ. ard Cincinnati 46.
Worn Out.