Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-02
BISHOP NILAN's DIOCESE;
Now Numbers 43o, ,e34-What Has Been Accomplished Since His Consecra- ton in 1e10-Eastern Connecticut Catholic Statistics.

Tn a summary of the great work ac- | complished by Rt. Rev. John Joseph 1 Milan since his conservation as
 bishop of the Roman Catholic dio- cese April 28. 1910. the Hartford Cour- l ant refers to the wonderful growth | of the diocese under his administra- 1 ton. From May, 1910 to the present l has seen the creation of twelve new parishes and twenty-thre churches, l including St. Mary's Baltic, and St. Johns Plainfeld
 1 In educational institutions there 1 have been St. Augustines Normal 1 School for Novices West Hartford, and 1 the Scholasticate of the Fathers of the l Holy Ghost, Darien, for the education of priests for missions in Africa.
 Thirteen parochial schools have been 1 started or completed within the three l years.
 | Three convents have been dedicated 1 and the cornerstone for a fourth has been laid.
 Charitable Institutions. Tn the list of charitable institutions comes St. Agnes Home for Foundlings, | an addition to St. Francis Hospital Hartford, enlarging of St. Vincent hos pital, Bridgeport, the establishment of Sacred Heart kindergarten for Italian chaldren, New Haven, day nursery for Italian children in the same city, and i St. Joseph's Home for Working Girls, also in New Haven.
 Noticeable in the list of new church. es are those for the Polish, Lithu- anian and Slovenian Catholics. Im- portant work is being done among the 50,000 Italians in New Haven.
 Among organizations dear to Bishop Nilan's heart is the Holy Name so- ciety, which has grown to a member ship of 27,129.
 Temperance Pledge for Children.
 Thousands of children, after con- firmation, have been given the total abstinence pledge, binding until they reach the age of twenty-five.
 Diocesan Statistics.
 The large interests of the See over which the bishop presides so admir- ably, winning the confidence, loyalty and generous support of his people, is indicated by the following stattstics
 Number of baptized persons in dio- cese. January, 1910, 370,000 number on January 1. 1913, 490,934. The fol- lowing statistics are also as of Jan- uary 1, 1913: Clergymen, 361; parish es, 182; missions, 50; religious women, 1,405; parochia1 schools 81; teachers, 750; pupils, 37,T43; ecclesiastical pu- pills, 225; orphans in two asylums, 800; inmates of reformatory for wo- men, 155; inmates of industrial school 90; inmates of homes for aged, 300; daily average of patients in five hos pitals, 800
 Diocesan Officials.
 Tn the discharge of his diocesan du- ties Bishop Milan has the aid of the following able priests, each noted in | his parochial sphere for fitness, sacer- dotal worthiness, scholarship and exec utive qualifications:
 Vicar-G -General-Ve Rev. Thomas l S Duggan.
 Chancellor and secretary-Rev. J. G. l Murray.
 Assistant Chancellor and Secretary Rev. W. H. Flynn.
 Board of Consultors-very Rev. T. | $. Duggan, Rt Rev. Mgr. J. Svnnott, l both of Hartford: Rev. M McKeon, ] New Haven; Rev. Hugh Treanor, Wa | terbury: Rev. J. T. Winters New Bri- | tain; Rev. J. B. Nihill Bridgeport.
 Defender of the Marriage Tie-Rev. pr. J. P. Donovan, Middletown.
 Examiners of Clergy-Rt. Rev. Mgr. John Synnott, Hartford: Rev. J. mons. Waterbury: Rev. J. T. Winters New Britain: Rev. J. B. Nihill, Bridge port: Rev. Dr. J. P Donovan, Middle town; Rev. Dr. R. F. Fitzgerald, Der by.
 Parish Priest Consu1tors-Rev. Jo- seph Synnott Ansonia; Rev. ". J. Mo Gurk Manchester
 Diocesan Board for the Protection of Dependent Children-Very Rev IT s. Duggan, Hartford Rev. J. F. Ryan Hartford; Rev. M T. May, Rockville: Richard F. ShortelI, RidgefeId: Rev. John Neale. Westerly, R. l.: Rev. Pat rick J. McGivney, Middletown; Rev. J. l.. 'McGuiness, Litchffeld
 Supervisor of Schools-Rev w. T Hartford