Catholic Statistics.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 9, 26 February 1903, Page 24

Catholic Statistics.

From the current issue of the ' Catholic Directory ' we learn that including nine Coadjutors and four Bishops Auxiliary, the number of Archbishops and Bishops now holding office m the British Empire is 170. There are also a few retired, or without episcopal office of whom five are in England. In England and Wales there aro : the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and 15 Bishops of suffragan sees : a Bishop Auxiliary for Westminster, and one for Hexham and Newcastle. In Scotland there are : the Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, with four suffragan Bishops, and the Archbishop of Glasgow. There are also in England one Archbishop and three Bishops retired, or without episcopal office. Of tho 3565 priests, 2424 are of the secular clergy and 1141 of the regular clergy. Of the secular priests, 165 are invalided, retired, or unattached ; and some others are employed abroad. Of the 1141 regulars (among whom are included a number of French exiles), there aro many who are not engaged in parochial or missionary work The estimated Catholic population of the United Kingdom is about five millions and a quartet I—namely1 — namely England, 1.500.000 ; Scotland, 433,000 ; Ireland (according to the census of 1901), 3,310,028 Including Biitish America (with a Catholic population of about 2,600,000), Australia, India, and all other possessions, the total Catholic population of the British Empire is probably about 10 millions and a half.