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Show Ceihttllo Matlith The Itoman Catholic churrb Mm In the United btati 1 cardinal, 1 1 urchbUhoj., 73 bUhoi And 8.CJJ r riot. The Cutbo-Ho Cutbo-Ho directories for the year IttSl give some Interesting fact In ngard to tho romutuidcauta of that ehnrt.li here. Tlie biwest estimate of thellonuu Cattiolio I-npnlatlonof the countr Is 8,"W,fiX Komn diocese could not 1 ascertained eiactly, and these bad to bo estimated from the best facts at command. Sal Her a director declare in a notothat the real number of Cat ho! In In the conn-try conn-try mint exceed 10,000,000, which woul 1 embrace itvarly one-slath of tho whole pK'Jilfc The must iopuloui archdiocese In the Union l that of New York, with It l(t)7r,000 Catholic. Xcit come the archdiocese of Dottou, with l.lSO.OCO rhilalelphl I third, with a Catholic lHpnIatIou of 776,430, according to HotT-man'a HotT-man'a dlrntory, while HndlUr directory I uU It at 600,303. ( The irochlal school thronghout the country Are 8,10 1, a smaller number than one woul 1 naturally ex-ck There are, bowerer, nearly lulf as man achool as i huiche, the churche numbering 7,3.13. iTltbroaro 033,M pupil attcnltng tho parochial schuols, which 1 a little lea than nluet -ecn to the thousand of the I Hoioau Calhollo jKpnlatlon. |