Upon reviewing the Table, notwithstanding all the authentic additions made to the Catalogue in the Catholic Almanac,-and which are nearly 70 places-we are convinced that the following districts must be considerably deficient. AlabamaFlorida-Illinois-Indiana-Maryland-New-Jersey-New-York-Ohio, and Tennessee. We should therefore be inclined to add from one sixth to one fourth to the number of Priests and stations where mass is performed. This table will furnish however as complete and satisfactory a view of Popery as it now exists in the U. S. as can now possibly be obtained; and will serve to show with tolerable accuracy, the strength of the Roman community, on the first day of January, 1833. Statistical Catalogue of Popery. ECCLESIASTICAL DIGNITARIES. Bishop of Quebec. Bishop of Telmese. Suffragan. Bishop of Fussula. Coadjutor. Bishop in Upper Canada. Eight Vicars-General. In Lower Canada, are about 250 Roman Priests; exclusive of those who are Chaplains to the Nunneries, and also of those who are employed in the different Colleges and Seminaries. The number of Papists is nearly 400,000. MASS-HOUSES. [St. Claire. St. Gervais. St. Protais. St. Anselm. St. Jean Baptiste. J. O. St. Charles, R. B. La Sainte Famille. St. Francois. J. O. St. Francois de N. St. Augustin. Charlesbourg. St. Antoine de T. Beauniage. St. Joseph. St. Francois d'A. VOL. II.-100 Beaumont. St. Michel. St. Vallier. St. Francois, R. S. St. Jean Port Joli. St. Rock des Auluets. St. Anne Grande Ause. St. Louis. Three Rivers. St. Genevieve Batiscan. St. Stanislaus. St. Anne la Parade. Yamaska. Baie du Febre. St. Pierre Bequets. Ponte Claire. St. Anne, Bout de Vide. Sault aux Recollects. St. Martin Isle Jesus. St. Vincent. St. Cuthbert. Ferrebonne. St. Anne des Plaines. St. Benoit. Petite Nation. St. Scholastique. |