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Roman Catholics Under the American Flag

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 17, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 7.

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Roman Catholics Under the American Flag

According to the advanced sheets of the 1909 "Wiltzius Official Catholic Directory" there are 14,235,451 Roman Catholics in the United States; while the total under the American flag, including the Philippines, Porto Rico, and the Hawaiian Islands, is 22,474,440. This is almost twice as many as under the British flag, which has but 12,053,000. New York City alone has 1,219,920 Catholics; Chicago, 1,150,000; Boston, 850,000; San Francisco, 250,000; other cities proportionately.