Catholic Indians and Colored People.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 24 April 1902, Page 5

Catholic Indians and Colored People.

There are o2 priests engaged in mission work among the colored people in the United State* ; 15 of these belong to the archdiocese of Baltimore. During the year there were 4,551 baptisms of children among the negroes, but 3055 of these were in the archdiocese of New Orleans and 855 in Baltimore. The total Catholic colored population of the United States is placed at 141,000. There are l\ >LCL C0 lo Ire1 red J J ell£ lld l ren Catholic schools. New Orleans leads with 78,000 colored Catholics, and Baltimore corns next with 37,000, while Louisville is a distant third with 9500. r*+v.?H the i? 6 *™J 2s » sdia5 dian T s j? fche counfcr y. 95 »192 are said to be Catholics; 16,500 of these Indians live in the archdiocese of Santa IT™ « OT T Ve In the vicariate of Brownsville, Texas. There are 800 Catholic Indians in Maine. Eighty-five priests look after the spiritual interests of the Indians.