The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 13 May 1909, Page 729

The Catholic World

In a recent issue, Rome states that, according to Monsignor Battandier's Annuaire Ecclesiastique for 1909, there are now 1027 residential sees in the Catholic world — 946 in the Latin and 81 in the Oriental Churches. Europe alone contains 605 of these bishoprics, of which 25 are in Germany, 53 in England (' Mgr. Battandier,' says Rome, 1 with a pertinacity worthy of a better cause, insists on believing that Ireland, Scotland, and even Malta, are in " England," and he tells you that there are two " English " Cardinals, one being Cardinal Logue and the other Cardinal Moran!'), 52 in Austria-Hungary, 6 in Belgium, 1 in Bulgaria, 56 in Spain, 84 in France, 7 in Greece, 5 in Holland, 268 in Italy, 1 in Luxemburg, 1 in Montenegro, 1 in Monaco, 12 in Portugal, 2 in Roumania, 13 m Russia, 1 in Servia, 5 in Switzerland, and 7 in Turkey. Asia has 40 sees — 32 of them in the East Indies, 4 in Japan, 1 in Persia and 3in Turkey in Asia. The American continent counts 249, of which 10 are in the Antilles, 4 in Bolivia, 281 in Brazil, 29 in Canada, 4 in Chile, 14 in Columbia, 7 in Equador, 91 in the -United States, 4 in Guatemala, 5 in Hayti, 30 in Mexico, 1 in Paraguay, 8 in Argentina, 3 in Newfoundland, 3 in Uruguay, 6 in Venezuela. Australia has 19 sees, New Zealand 4, and the Philippine Islands 9. And of the 81 residential sees of Oriental rites 20 are Armenian, 3 Coptic, 27 Greek, and 31 Syrian.