The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-01-04
BALKAN CATHOLICS
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH EN
BALKAN LANDS.

| BALKAN LANDS.
! 1t is not without interest for us to
know the status of the Catholic
| Church in the Balkans, now that all
eyes are directed toward Bulgaria, Ser
via, Montenegro and Greece, SAYS
Catholic Missions.
| SeTvia number only 800 Catholics.
Although Belgrade is an episcopal see,
it has no incumbent Titular Bishop,
and the kingdom is placed under the
Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of
Scutari (Albania), the Most Rev.
James Sereggi. There are ten secular
priests, seven regular priests and four
teen churches or chapels, the expenses
OF which are mainly borne by the Aus
tro-Hungarian government The Cath
olics enjoy perfect freedom of wor-
ship, but are not allowed to influence
members of the State Church COrtho-
dox church, to; adopt the Catholic
| faith!
Montenegro, with a population of
about 100000, counts about 7,24O Cath
olics. There is an Archbishop at Anti
vari, the Most Rev. Matthew Kardum,.
0. F. NJ, who bears the title of Pri-
mate of Servia. He is, ex-officio. a.
member of the popular assembly
(Skupschtina). Although the Greek
Orthodox, Church is the state religion,
the Catholic Church is officially recog-
nized by the state since October 8,
1886. There are 13' secular priests and
10 regulars, II parishes, % churches
and chape1s.
Bulgaria numbers about 41,O8O Cath
olics and 1853 priests. 1t has several
dioceses:
1. The Diocese of Nicopolis, whose
ordinary is Bishop Henry Doulcet, a
Passionist, with $4,000 Catholics of the.
Latin rite, 5 secular priests, Assump-
tionists, Is Passionists, IA parishes;
and 8 stations.
2. The Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia
and Philoppopolis; that comprises
nearly half of Bulgaria and all eastern
Rumelia, and partly lies. under the
dominion of the Tar of Bulgaria and.
partly under the Ottoman empire. The
Rt. Rev. Bishop Robert Menini, o. M.
c., is the Vicar Apostolic. There are
1880 Catholics of the Latin rite and
1000 of the Greek rite, IS secular
priests of the Latin rite, 5 Of the,
Greek rite and 27 regulars.
\ 8. The Vicariate Apo stolic of Mace
donia, for the Catholics of the Graeco-
Bulgarian rite, at Saianiki; Bishop
EDiDhaniuS Scian0w of tho. GranL Slow
rite There are 10000 Greek Catho--
lies, 80 secular priests and 10 regu-
lars.
4. The Vicaria te Apostolic of
Thrace, for the Greek Catholics of
Thrace and eastern Rumelia; part Of
the vicariate is under the Ottoman
empire and part under the bulgarian,
empire. The Bishop is the Rt Rev.
Michael Petkoff. There are $1,000
Catholics, Is churches, 5 chapels, Is.
secular priests, % Resurrectionists,
and 10 Assumptionists.
The Tar of Bulgaria, King Ferd-
inand, is Catholic, but in 1895 he had
his son Boris enter the Greek Ortho-
dox Church.
Greece is divided into several dio.
ceses:
1. The province of Athens, with
$4,000 Catholics of the Latin rite, IS;
secular and IA regular priests, z par
ishes, other churches and 9 chapels,.
under Archbishop Anthony J. Delenda.
2. The province Of Corfu, under
Archbishop T. A. Polite, with about
5000 Catholics of the Latin rite and
secular priests. It has one suffraganl
bishopric, -Cephalonia.
8. Cephalonia, with about
1000 Catholics; 2 secular" priests and 4
regulars. The diocese is administered
by the Archbishop of Corfu.
4. The Archdiocese of Naxos, with
$50 Catholics, l parish and secular
and. regular priests, under Arch
bishop, Leonardo Brindisi. This arch
diocese has 6; suffragans.
s.. Andres, with 80 Catholics, adj
ministered by the Bishop of Genos.
6. Milo, administered by the Bishop
of Santorino.
z. Santorino, with about 900 Catho-
lies, Ii secular and 3 regular priests
under Bishop Michael Camfl1eri
8. Syros, with 5000 Catholics OF the
Latin rite, 81 secular and regular
priests, under Bishop Dominic Oar.
manin.
8. Tenos, with 1000 Catholics of
the Latin rite, % secular and regular
priests, under Bishop John M. Priv
flegio
10. Chios, with 400 Catholics of the
Latin rite, secular and regular
priests under Bishop Denis Nicolosf.
Altogether on the side Of these four
Balkan states, that do not belong to
the Turkish empire, we count about
101, $40 Catholics of the Latin and the
Greek rite, 348 secular or regular
priests, mostly all of the Latin rite,
and IL Bishops.