CATHOLIC HIERARCHY

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 1, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 47.

CATHOLIC HIERARCHY.

The College of Cardinals numbers at present 61 members. As the full number is 70, there are 9 vacancies. Of the present members 32 are Italians and 29 foreigners. Seven of the latter are French, namely, the Archbishops of Paris, Rheims, Rouen, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Tours, and the Bishop of Rodez. Five are German, the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, the Archbishop of Cologne, and the Cardinals Hohenlohe, Krementz, and Ledochowski. The Austrians also number five,—the Archbishops of Vienna, Prague, Krakow, Grau, and Grosswardein. The rest of the foreign members of the Holy College are divided among the following nationalities: Spanish, 4; Portuguese, 2; English, 1;

Belgian, 1; Irish, 1; Austrian, 1; American, 1; Canadian, 1.

The youngest member is Cardinal Rampolla, who was born in 1843. Two of the cardinals are older than the pope. The total number of prelacies in the Catholic hierarchy is 1,254, of which 93 are at present vacant.—Hierarchia Cattolica, Rome.