The chronicle=news., 1913-04-07
Catholic Faith Has
10000, 600 Adherents

New York. April Considerable
discussion mas been aroused among
Catholics. and, In general. those In
tsrestcd in religious progress by tho
statemen, in the advance sheets nf
the Official Catholic Director. pub
,ishcd by +. j. Kennedy and sons.
printers TO the Apostolic See. that
confines tn. number Of persons pro-
Tossing that faith In the United
States to a total of l5.l5+.l5s sOuls.
Ther. are those who claim twice
that number. and 20 the editor and
publishers have been targets for n
loe OF curious and hyper-critical crit
icism. Arthur Kennedy, head OF the
iirm, informed reporter that the
figures In the advance sheets were
absolutely authentic" and tina, he
had no intention of revising them.
In fact. h. could not. he said. even
II he desired. lie then gave the
first bound copy OF the publication
which is n record of the activities
OF III. Catholic church in all parts
OF the world.
We have becn informed by many
persons thai our figures for the Uni
ted States ar. inaccurate he said.
but ". know they are not, and our
friends will CONS 10 agree with ny
when they have familiariz"d them
selves with the methods adoptHf tV
the coinpi!ers. A. .Gat'er OF feet
they ar. she rIaihoun,iri! sum total
OF the reports 10 ~. II ~ us hy dio'
l,c-gn officials ~ tn. i'nit"I .':ie:
III. increls. ~. az .ssi v",r is cEIy
=, In ia. 10 ~
be explained thai In 81 diocese nc
chanIcs were mao" in tn" population
figures for the preceding year. In SIX
instances wh"r. changes were made
/ the revision was downward. one
diocese reducing It's fIghfH' hy 20
00o another by IL 600. Will: third
cut off I0.6:o''
I, Among the important :'cn,I In ;b'
directory Is tn. revision ~ me Est o'
pcpss according to re- '"ul 'iscoSct!s'
which reduces the lawful succession
OF Roman pon'iffs TO 2.'. with Leo
/ VII ,aaj-sGb still "dpnhiiui. "
the las. %. years there have heel
numerous crasures from Tho rapa
list. tn. result OF long critical stu
dies OF students like Mgr. Duch"sao
the learned .Frcncbman wha TEL
years ago struck off several name
OF popcs whose titles wcr. In dis
|, putc. Among the new preiairs adm!'
ted to the hierarchy OF the United
/ States In 1871: were the Right Rev
John Grimes. bishop Of Syracuse
Right Rev. John J. McCort. anki:la-,
bishop OF Philadelphia: Right 3cv
|, Edward ]. Hanna. auxiliary b'shcI
OF San Francisco: Right Rev. .,mei
| Albert Duffy. Bishop OF Kea-nsy
Ncb.. and Right Rev. Joseph u. Con
| ROY, auxiliary bishop OF Ogdenshn.E Y
/ A per,lsal OF the directory revcali
these general facts: Fourteen arch
bishops In the United States. inclnd
/, Ing the three cardinals. Gibbons. fal
Icy and OConneiI. 10 bishops. Il.
9l5 priests: $500 churches. will
rssideH priests attached: $500 mis-
sion chapeis: s5 sefninorIcs. with &.
Is9 students In preparation for th'
ministry: ;.e36 parochial schools
with u total attendance OF I.360,ssl
pupils: 230 colleges for boys an,
young men: 6S1 academies for girls;
2SS orphan asylums. caring for a..
I1lj orphans: ioS homes for aRes
persons. The total number OF chill
! dren. both scxc.. included. In Cath
Ollie institutions is ..S3.3l6. There
are 6a religious orders of men. with
"a total membership OF about 5000
including priests. lay brothers ant
students: more than twice that mum
her Of orders of women. iu which
are included the great teaching bod
ies and the charitable organizations
| In respect OF population the mos
interesting figures are those setting
forth the progress made In the arch
diocese Of New York and Chicago
New York is still she leader in poiu,
OF population. and IL is n matter fol
discussion which may lay cla'm tc
the honor In activity. The figure.
ior New York are i.2l?.920. Chicago
claims 500. .l0". In both instances
the estimate is based on the census
of 1900, these centers being among
those which did not revise their
statements on population for the
present report.
| Chicago is increasing amazinsl.
and is ambitious. On the prescn,
basis OF computation statisticans see
It surprising New York in aumbcrs
Its important activity in recent year,
was the formation of the Catholic
church Extension Society OF Amrri'
ca. which has acquired national pro-
portions and is considered the chief
OF the home mission bodies. But the
fergor OF sta,isticians probably will
be dampened by n consideration OF
the strength of the Catholic body as
a whole in the state of New York.
Here New York Catholics roll ur
! figures totalling 2.i90,629 souls
comprised in these organic groups:
The archdiocese OF New York. the
dioceses OF Brooklyn, Albany. Roches
ter. Syracuse. Buffalo and Ogdens.