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Posed on the steps of Government House, Ottawa, Canada, following reception given by Governor
General oi Canada for the Cardinal Legate are, left to right (front row): Cardinal Betancourt, Cardinal
McGuigan, Toronto (Papal Legate to Marian Congress); Viscount Alexander, Cardinal Gerlier of France,
(Center): Cardinal Stritch, Chicago; Cardinal Fring a, Germany; Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungary. (Last
row): Archbishop Antoniutti (Resident Papal Dclega te from the Vatican); Archbishop .Vachon, of Ottawa;
Archbishpp D’Alton, Primate of Ireland; Monsignor A lien, Secretary to Cardinal McGuigan.—(INP—NC
Photos).
Catholic Population of the United States
Listed at 25,268,173 by 1947 Directory
Statistics Compiled by the Official Catholic Directory for 1947
Show" Increase of 8(i(i,049 in Catholic Population Figure of
Previous Year ■— Volume Discloses Record Number of
Clergy, Parishes, Schools and Converts
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
NEW YORK—There are 25,268,-
173 Catholics in the United Stales,
Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands
according to statistics compiled for
The Official Catholic Directory for
1947, which just has been publish
ed by P.J. Kenedy & .Rons here.
The total represents an increase
of 866,049 in the Catholic popula
tion figure compiled a year ago by
the publication
The new Directory reveals:
That the 22 Archdioceses re'port
gains in Catholic population of
468,651 and that increases in the
100 Dioceses amount to 397,398.
That Archdioceses with a Catho
lic population of more than. 1,000,-
000 are Chicago, which has 1,716,-
536; Boston, which has 1,208,089
and New York with 1.169,376,
That Brooklyn still retains the
lead as the Diocese with the great
est Catholic population, totalling
1,111,446 arid Pittsburgh ranks
second with 737.470.
The Directory records one im
portant change in the structure of
the Church in—the nation in 1946
when the Diocese of Madison, Wis.,
was erected. This has a Catholic
population of 82,315 and its first
Bishop is the Most Rev. William
P. O’Connor, who formerly headed
the Superior Diocese.
Other facts shown in the new
directory:
Two Bishops were elevated to
Archbishops in 1946, and eight
Bishops were consecrated.
On January 1. 1947 only one
Episcopal See, that of Wichita, was
vacant. (Subsequently the Most
Rev. Mark K. Carroll was conse
crated as Bishop of Wichita.)
The U. S. Hierarchy numbered
162 members, including f o u r
Cardinals . 20 Archbishops and 138
Bishops, an increase of three dur
ing the year 1946. fJVith deaths,
transfers and new appointments
there are now 169: 4 Cardinals. 19
Archbishops and 146 Bishops. Four
Bishops-elect are to be consecrated
soon.)
The first issue of The Catholic
Directory foi the United States
was published in 1822 and subse
quent editions have reflected the
steady growth of the Church.
Despite substantial consolidation,
the 1947 Directory requires 20
more pages for its statistical sec
tions than the edition of a year ago.
The hook’s enlarged general sum
mary, as first expanded in 1944,
tabulates for easy comparison 7,564
statistical items in 61 categories
in uniform entries for every Dio
cese. Uniform recapitulation ap
pear at the end of each diocesan
report. The 1947 Directory requires
a total of 1,360 pages to present the
condition of the Church in this
country as of the beginning .of
1947 while 248. additional pages
cover Canada and Newfoundland,
Eire and the British Isles.
Reflecting the splendid condi
tion of the Church in 1947, the
Directory records an increase of
1,490 in the number of the clergy,
bringing the total of priests to
40,470, the largest number ever
recorded. An eight-page necrology
lists 628 priests who died during
1946.
Professed Religious include 6,-
938 .Brothers, an increase of 217.
and 140,563 Sisters, an increase
of 1,345. Of the Sisters, 62,896
are engaged in work other than
teaching. The full-time staffs of
all educational institutions under
Catholic auspices total 97,776, con
sisting of 6,195 priests; 3,250
Brothers; 570 Scholastics: 77.667
nuns and 10,094 lay teachers, a net
increase of 2,543 full-time Catholic
teachers.
The Directory reports a record
total of 14,742 parishes in the U.S.,
Alaska and Hawaii. This includes
13,819 parishes with resident pas
tors, a year’s increase of 236, and
923 parishes without resident
clergy, a decrease of 17. In addi
tion, the Directory lists 5,257 chap
els, 4,935 missions and 1,858 sta
tions where Mass is ottered more
or less regularly.
The lolal of 11.139 separate edu
cational institutions, an increase of
147 despite post-war conditions,
include 59 diocesan seminaries;
268 seminaries or scholastics and
novititates; 216 colleges and uni
versities for men and women; 1,-
653 diocesan and parish high
schools: 778 private high schools;
7,637 elementary parish schools
and 528 private elementary
schools. There also are 146
protective institutions with 16,906
children under instruction.
The listing shows five more
Catholic colleges; seven additional
parochial and eleven private high
schools; an increase of 144 ele
mentary parish schools and a de
crease of 15 private elementary
schools.
Enrollments in Catholic colleges
and universities increased 72,465,
from 102,655 to a record total ol'
175,120, while students of religion
in seminaries and novitilales total
ed 23,135. Substantial increase
also were noted in secondary and
elementary school enrollment,
parish high schools recorded 315,-
424, an increase of 14,085; private
high schools 187,543, an increase
of 11,692; elementary parish
schools 2,115,006, an increase of
44,804, and private elementary
schools 71,559. a decrease of 52.
The number of children in protec
tive institutions was recorded at
16,906, a decrease of 2,828.
Progress of religious instruction
—under the released-time pro
gram. in religious vacation schools,
and in other classes—is reflected
in the report of 905,386 public
school children attending 10,208
special religion schools, which
represents an increase of 92,388
pupils and 479 schools. The more
accurate stalistics now available
establish that there is an aggre
gate, including orphans, of 3,855,-
362 American youth in all grades
under Catholic instruction, an in
crease of 232,803 in the year.
The number^of children depend
ent entirely on Catholic care in
cludes 45,283 in 369 orphanages
and 19,596 in foster homes, a total
of 64,879 which is an increase of
352.
The Directory lists 13 new insti
tutions in the total of 705 Catholic
general hospital, while the total
bed capacity was recorded at 90,-
222, an increase of 3,303. Special
hospitals were listed at 104, an in
crease of two, with accommoda
tions fdr 8,928 patients.
In view of the Catholic popula
tion of 25,268.173, it is evident that
the total of 3,840.573 patients
treated in Catholic hospitals dur
ing 1946 includes a large numoer
of non-Catholics. The figure re
presents an increase of 442,647.
Catholic training school)* for
nurses number 368, a decrease of
17 and the total enrollment of 34,-
425 peacetime students shows a
decrease of 5,572 in the year, re
flecting the loss of Cadet nurses.
Homes for invalids and aged total
247, an increase of 10. and care
for a total of 22,051, an increase of
418.
The Direel ory records that the
number of converts entering the
Church in a year exceeded 100,000
for the first time. Adult baptisms
were recqfded at 100,528, an in
crease of 13,198, and infant bap
tisms numbered 838,942, an in
crease of 45,955. Marriages num
bered 345,772, an increase of 100,-
511. Catholic deaths during 1946
were recorded at 258,558, an in
crease of 2,155.
Members of Hierarchy From
Five Continents Take Part in
Marian Congress in Canada
By .1. FRANK WILLIAMS
(Canadian Correspondent,
N. C. W. C. News Service)
OTTAWA, Ont.—Amidst scenes
of unforgettable enthusiasm and
fervor, the Marian Congress open
ed here with the liturgical and
governmental receptions of ilis
Eminence James Cardinal Mc
Guigan, Archbishop of Toronto,
who was the Legate of llis Holi
ness Pope Pius XII.
The Marian Congress, held in
observance of the 100th anniver
sary of the establishment of the
Diocese of Ottawa, had as its
theme a lasting world peace. All
the ceremonies of flic four days,
June 18 tb 22, were devoted to
seeking the intercession of the
Mother of God with her Divine
Son to bring the world back to
peace and to banish war.
The ideals of Christ, the broth
erhood of mankind through justice
and charity, were stressed in the
addresses of the Papal Legale and
of Archbishop Alexander Vachon,
of Ottawa, who sponsored the
Congress, and of Prime Minister
Mackenzie King, who extended an
official welcome to the represen
tative ^riCthe Pope in a reception
held at the Chateau Laurier,
which followed the liturgical re
ception in historic Notre Dame
Basilica.
The attendance at the Congress
was a vivid illustration of the
world brotherhood of man which
is reflected in the Catholic
Church. At the Congress, in addi
tion to Carlinal McGuigan. .were
eight other members of the Sacred
College: Cardinals Tisserant, of
Rome; Gerlier, of France, Stritch,
Mooney and Spellman of the Unit
ed States; Arteaga of Cuba;
Brings of Germany and Mindszenty
of Hungary. Cardinal Motta of
Brazil, who had accepted an invi
tation to be present, was unable to
attepd because of doctor's orders.
Joining with the?e members of
the Sacred College were more than
100 Archbishops and Bishops. The
latter came principally from Can
ada and the United States, but
their numbers included also pre
lates from Mexico, Ireland, Scot
land. Honduras, Guatemala, Vene
zuela, France, India, South Africa,
Columbia, Nicaragua, Haiti, Argen
tina, Peru. Australia. They came
from live continents. North and
South America, Europe, Asia and
Australia.
Also attending are thousands of
members of the secular -and reli
gious clergy, brothers and nuns, as
well as some 200,000 members of
the laity who began to stream into
the Canadian capital even before
the opening day of the Congress by
every means of transportation, air,
rail and automobile.
Through streets lined by
throngs of people, the Papal Leg
ate and member^ of his special
Papal Mission proceeded from
the Apostolic Delegation to the
Basilica for the liturgical recep
tion, this marking the formal
opening of the Congress.
Attending the official reception
were the visiting Cardinals, mem
bers of the Federal Cabinet, mem
bers of the Diplomatic Corps,
members of the Hierarchy, the
Chief Justice of Canada, other
members of the Judiciary, mem
bers of the Canadian Houses of
Parliament, federal and Provin
cial leaders and officials, munici
pal authorities.
A Pontifical Mass was sung at
the Basilica by Archbishop Va
chon, during which the voice of His
Holiness Pope Pius XII was heard
in a broadcast direct from Vati
can City. His Holiness spoke in
both English and French. Ser
mons during the Mass were given
by Archbishop John D'Alton, Pri
mate of All Ireland, and by Arch
bishop Norbcrt Robichaud of
The Pontiff, in extending bis
greetings to the Ottawa Catholics
on the success of the Congress
and on the 100th anniversary of
the erection of their Diocese, said
that the meeting was “a membra-
ble event in the proud annals of
Canada.”
Moncton,. N. ll.
sermons being given in English by
His Eminence Samuel Cardinal
Stritch. Archbishop of Chicago,
and by Bishop Philippe Desran-
lean of Sherbrooke, Que., speaking
in French.
The Pontifical Mass in the East
ern Rite al the Basilica, had the
Most Rev. Basil Vladimir Ladywa,
Apostolic Exarch of (he Ukrainians
of Canada, as the celebrant The
sermon in French was by llis Em
inence Eugene Cardinal Tisserant,
of Rome, secretary of the Sacred
Congregation of the Eastern
Churches, and in English by Bish
op Ambrose Senyshyn, Auxiliary
of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese
of the United Stales.
Friday, Prime Minister Macken
zie King was host at a luncheon at
his residence, Laurier House, to
Cardinal McGuigan.
That afternoon there were two
lectures at the Capitol Theatre.
The French speaker. His Eminence
Pierre Cardinal Gerlier, Archbish
op of Lyons. France, was introdic-
ed by Premier Maurice Duplessis
of Quebec, and thanked by lion.
Thibaudeau Rinfret, Chief Justice
of the, Supreme Court of Canada.
The second lecture in English
was given by Bishop John F.
O'Hara, C. S. C., of Buffalo. He
was introduced by Angus L. Mac
Donald, Premier of Nova Scotia,
and thanked by Paul Martin. Fed
eral Minister of Health and Wel
fare.
Saturday's program included a
Dialogue Mass at the Repository,
the celebrant being Archbishop .1.
T. McNally of Halifax, N. S., with
the sermons by Bishop J. A. Lang-
lois of Valleyficld. and Bisfhop J.
C. Cody, Coadjutor of London,
Ont.
Other features of Saturday’s
prqgram included a procession of
floats along the Driveway, the
floats portraying the life of the
Blessed Virgin and her principal
apparitions throughout the world.
Sunday, June 22, was the closing
day, ‘with Cardinal McGuigan of
ficiating at Pontifical Mass at the
Repository, the sermons being by
llis Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman, Archbishop of New
York, and Bishop Augustin Bonna-
bel of Gap, France.
That afternoon there was the
solemn consecration to the Im
maculate Heart of Mary, His Emi
nence Manuel Cardinal Arteaga y
Betancourt, Archbishop of Havana,
Cuba, presiding.
The Act of Consecration of
Canada was read in French by
Louis St. Laurent, Secretary of
State for External Affairs, and in
English by Dr. J. J. McCann, Fed
eral Minister of National Reve
nue. Sermons were given in
French by Cardinal Gerlier of
France, and in English by His Em
inence Edward Cardinal Mooney,
Archbishop of Detroit.
In the evening the closing
Benediction was given by Cardi
nal McGuigan.
The story of Catholics’ faith in
the intercession of the Blessed Vir
gin was told visually in colorful-
floats, fireworks, and pageants, a*
well as in the various religious
ceremonies. There were 48 Masses
every twenty-four hours, one
every half hour. More than 200
priests said the Mass, most of them
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, who
also direct the Marian Shrine at
Cap-de-la Madeleine.
Father Frank French, who wa#
in charge of accommodation for
the Congress, said publicly that: 1
the cooperation of non-Catholics
was of the highest order. Mai'"
members of Religious Orders,
priests, Brothers and Nuns, were
given accommodation by non-
Catholics during the Congress. All
paid tribute to the great kindness
and hospitality showm them by
their non-Catholic hosts.
Viscount Alexander of Tunis,
Governor General of Canada, was
host to Cardinal McGuigan at
Government House at luncheon.
There was a Midnight Mass at
the Repository, The celebrant w»as
Archbishop Antoniutti. with the