HOLLAND
; THE PROGRESS :OF THE CHURCH. £ According , to statistics? drawn up by a ! Protestant pastor, Holland in 1805 contained 673 ..parishes and 925 priests; at present there are 1015?? parishes and 2310 priests. Between 1830 and : 1900 the Catholics have' spent over 1000 millions .of francs on - their churches alone, and they have established - schools in which more than 150,000 children : receive a ' Catholic education. In 1800 Catholic public "worship "was forbidden by law in Holland, and the Catholics numbered only 300,000, while to-day they are two - millions, and occupy leading positions in public life, in the Cabinet, and in Parliament. The hierarchy, which was restored r in 1850; consists of /the: Archbishop of Utrecht,: with the suffragan Bishops of Bois-le-Duc, Breda, Harlem/ and Ruremonde. The archdiocese of Utrecht, which was founded by St. Wilibrordin 696, now counts about 400,000 Catholics among the best in the world. '■
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New Zealand Tablet, 18 January 1912, Page 47
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147HOLLAND New Zealand Tablet, 18 January 1912, Page 47
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