Death of Archbishop Corrigan.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 20, 15 May 1902, Page 4

Death of Archbishop Corrigan.

The death is reported by cable of the Most Rev. Dr. Corrigan, Archbishop of JSew York, at the acre of 63. The deceased prelate was born at Newark on August 13, 1839 ; educated at St. Mary's College, WilmijQgto-, Delaware, and Mount St. Mary's, Emmetsburg, Maryland.- He was ordained prießt at Rome in 1863, waa afterwards Prof eßsor of Dogmatic Theology anl Saored Woiipture a t beton Hall College, Orange, N.J., and Present in 1868 He waa coustcrated Bishop of Newark, N.J., in 1873, and made Coadjutor to his Eminence Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York with right of succession, October 1, 1880. He succeeded to the See Uctoier 10, 1885, and waa made Assistant ac the Pontifical Throve April 19, 1887. ,q n NeW n Yurk was creat ed a See in 1808, and an Archbixhopric in 1800 Ihe Aicl.rin cti-e of Ntw York is the most populous in the United States. The Catholic population is set down at 1.200,000, bat ihis is an approximation, and a careful census would probably add considerably to this estimate. From this it will be seen that the Catholic population of the Archdiocese is nearly equal to double the European population of New Zealand, and close on one and a half times tue Catholic population of the Australasian Colonies. In tne City of New Yoik alone there are more Catholic churches than in the whole of New Zealand, whilst in the whole of the Archdiocese the ohurchte, chapels, and stations make a grand total of 740, equal to one-half the number of Catholic churohes, etc., in the Australasian Colonies. Tho pritsts number 716, and the children in Catholic schools anil charitable institutions make a total of cluae on 72,000.