The Catholic Clergy.
There are 2850 Catholic priests in England and Wales, and 465 in Scotland, or 3300 on the island of Great Britain (says the ' Catholic Citizen '. There ore, among tho Catholic clergy of Great Britain, 21 Fathers Ryan, 16 Fathers Power, 17 Fathers Murphy, 11 Fathers McCarthy, 33 Fathers Kelly, 14 Fathera Byrne, and 165 priests whose names begin with the Irish prefix 'O. Fully two-fifths of the Catholia priests of Great Britain have Irish names. Tho hierarchy, however, is) English and Scotch. Out of tho 25 bishops, tho only Irish names aro Bishop Cahill of Portsmouth and Bishop Maguiro, auxiliary of Glasgow.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 7 August 1902, Page 24
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105The Catholic Clergy. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 7 August 1902, Page 24
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