THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 12, 21 March 1901, Page 27

THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.

According- to the Catholic Directory, just issued, the Catholic population of the United States is 10,774,987, a growth during the year of 645,312. The figures were furnished by the Chancellors of the different dioceses. The statistics for 1001 show there are in the Catholic Church in the United States 13 archbishops, one of whom is a cardinal, and 80 bishops. The number of priests is 11,987, of whom 3010 are members of religious Orders, and 8,977 are secular clergymen. There are 6127 churches with resident priests, 3518 missions with churches, and 1774 chapels. There are eight Catholic universities and 76 seminaries, in which 3 30.") candidates for the priesthood are being educated. The colleges for boys number 183, the academies for girls 677. In the 3812 parochial schools 903,'J50 boys and girls are pupils. The 217 orphan asylums shelter 35,084 orphans, and the oharitable institutions number SBS. In all the Catholic institutions in the United States there are 1.055, 031 children. The aichdiocese of New York, over which Archbishop Corrigan presides, n the most populous and the richest Catholic See in the United State?. The Catholic population is given as 1,200,000. It lias one archbishop, one bishop, 680 priests — 478 secular and 202 members of religious Orders — 268 churches, 157 chapels, one univernty, one seminary, with 135 students for the priesthood ; 11 colleges for boys-, 11 academies for girlß, 190 parochial schools, with 4it 3^l) scholars ; six orphan asylums containing 2196 orphans, H4 charitable institutions, and 71,023 children in Catholic institutions. In the diocese of Brooklyn, which is made up of the whole of Long Island, there is a Catholic population of 500,000.