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Catholic Membership and Clergy in the United States, 1889

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 18, 1889

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 7

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Catholic Membership and Clergy in the United States, 1889

THE Roman Catholic Directory for 1889, reports 8,157,676 members in the United States; counting, as we understand it, men, women, and children—that is, the entire Catholic population. There are reported 8,118 priests and 7,353 churches.