The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-02-26
HERE'S HOW WE STAND.

Here some interesting items and figures
taken from the Official Catholic Directory for 1870
published by the H NJ Wiltzine company of New
York and Milwaukee
Population-Of course New York state leads,
with 491 1896 Illinois is third with 443 752. Then
comes Massachusetts,, with 1,373,772; Ohio, &c.
265; Louisiana, 557,431.
Other states including large number of Oath
olics Wisconsin, 532 PIT; New Jersey, 100000;
Michigan 489,451 Missouri, 1872 1903; Minnesota,
427,627 California, 391 800; Connecticut 100000;
Texas, 28400O; Iowa, $4,000; Rhode Island, 242,
900; Indiana, 218,O27; Kentucky, 1926.
The Catholic Population in the United States
is given at 14347,027. That of the Philippines, Ha
waii, Porto Rico swells the total number of Cath
olics under the American flag to 22,587079.
OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY.
The German empire is credited with 20,327,913
the Austro-Hungarian monarchy with 35,57O,873,
and the British flag waves over 12053,418 Catholic
subjects.
The same directory shows that there are 1850
priests in the United States 1924 secular clergy
and 1926 priests of religious communities. This is
a gain of 457 in year.
There are a total of 8,849 Catholic churches
with resident priests in the United States and 1856
mission churches ministered to by neighboring pas
tors. This is gain of 366 over last year. The di
rectory also records 1876 parochia schools in our
country, with 1,237,251 pupils attending; IS semi
naries for the 6,162 young studying for the
priesthood; 247 colleges for boys and 700 academies
for girls. Catholics of the United States support
2s9 orphan asylums, in which 81 ,541 orphans are
taught, clothed and fed every day.
The total number of charitable institutions sup
ported by the Catholic church in this country is
1,125.
RANKING PRELATES.
The oldest prelate in point of service is Cardinal
Gibbons, who was conseorated Bishop August 16,
1858 Bishop Hogan of Kansas City, Mo. is only
one month after the Cardinal in conservation.
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia was made Bishop
in 1872, and Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul ranks
fourth, his conservation dating back to December,
1876.
CATHOLICISM OF THE GREAT CITIES.
1t is of interest to learn that the city of Chi
cago has more churches than any other city in the
Union. There are 1871 churches in Archbishop Quig-
leys city, Chicago, while New York proper-that is
Manhattan and the Bronx-has 1873. The City of
Brooklyn counts ITO, or, in Greater New York, all
told there are 248 Catholic churches. In Philadel-
phia there are 90; St. Louis, 3d. Pittsburg, IS;
Boston, 81; Cleveland, 81. Buffalo numbers Sc
Catholic churches, Baltimore has Al and Cincin-
natl 46.
THE Hierarchy.
THE Catholic Directory also tells us that the
hierarchy of the United States is composed of one
Apostolic Delegate, the Most Reverend Diomede
Falconio, D. D., residing at 1911 Baltimore street.
Washington; the Cardinal, thirteen Archbishops
and Lightweight Bishops.
The College of Cardinals consists of 70, but there
are today Is vacancies, so that there are now liv
ing 50 members of the Sacred College, namely six
Cardinal Bishops, forty-one Cardinal Priests and
five Cardinal Deacons. In priority of appointment
Cardinal Gibbons ranks fifth.
The directory is volume of LAS pages gives
the names and addresses of all the priests in the
United States and Canada, the communities con-
gregations and religious ORDERS the diooeses and
their boundaries and is full of interesting infor-
nation.
N. B~-Out this out and put it away for ref
erence.
COMBINING WITH GOD.