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Protestant Episcopal Church Statistics

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 11, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 6.

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Protestant Episcopal Church Statistics

According to Whittaker's Almanac for 1889, the Protestant Episcopal Church has 50 dioceses, 16 missionary jurisdictions, 69 bishops, 6,766 priests and deacons. The baptisms for 1888 numbered 56,709; confirmations, 39,500. The whole number of communicants is 450,052; of Sunday-school scholars, 342,431. The contributions amounted to $11,483,597. The increase of communicants is upward of 12,000.