ROMAN CATHOLIC STATISTICS.
The “ Catholic Directory ” for 1882, published by the authority and under the sanction of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and the rest of the bishops of his Church, shows some interesting facts relative to the progress of the Roman Catholic religion in England. The archbishops and bishops in England and Wales are 14, not reckoning those of the Sees of Shrewsbury and Southwark, which are vacant. There are also in Scotland six other archbishops and bishops. The priests in England and iVales now number 2036, serving 1190 churches, chapels, and missionary stations ; in Scotland there are 295 more, serving 286 chapels, &c,, thus showing that both clergy and chapels have doubled in less than 25 years. In 1858 there were only 749 chapels in England and' Wales and 177 in Scotland, the total of the priests who served them being 1179. The Roman Catholic peers in the three' kingdoms are 38 ; and the Baronets are 47. There are six Roman Catholic members of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, and the Roman Catholic members of Parliament are 56, all representing Irish constituencies, except Mr Jerningham, M.P, for Berwick-on-Tweed. The Sacred College of the Cardinals at Rome at this moment consists of 59 members, the vacant hats being 11, and no less than seven cardinals have died during the year 1881.
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Patea Mail, 20 February 1882, Page 3
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221ROMAN CATHOLIC STATISTICS. Patea Mail, 20 February 1882, Page 3
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