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Show CONVERTS. "Converts to Rome" is the title of a book recently re-cently published in Loudon. It gives a formidable list of the number of distinguished men and women who. in recent years, entered the Catholic Church. In the long list of names are ."72 of the Church of England clergy, 23 of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. 12 of the Episcopal Church of Ireland, and 12 Nonconformist ministers. During the same time 29 peers and 53 peereses have been received, and 432 "members of the nobility," with 42 baro-Dets baro-Dets and 21 kuights. The army has contributed 306 officers and the navy 64. Of university graduates. Oxford is responsible for 5.86, Cambridge 346. Durham Dur-ham 24. and Trinity college (Dublin). 63. Xo less than 612 of these converts became Catholic priests, 100 of them becoming Jesuits. |