ADDENDA.
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ADDENDA.
Statistics of the Catholic Church in New Zealand on the completion of its First Jubilee, January, 1838--January, 1888.
The Status of the Catholic Church in New Zealand in January, 1838, was as follows:--
1 Vicar Apostolic (the Right Rev. J.B.F. Pompallier),
2 Priest (the Rev. Father Servant, S.M.)
3 Religious Brothers, S.M.
[The number of Catholics in New Zealand in 1838 cannot be accurately stated. It is probable that they did not reach the number of 100.]
The Status of the Catholic Church in New Zealand in January, 1888 1 :--
4 Bishops (viz., 1 Archbishop and Metropolitan and 3 Suffragan Bishops), governing
4 Dioceses, apportioned into
62 Districts, with
173 Churches, served by
107 Priests, of whom 56 belong to the Secular Clergy and 51 to the Regular Clergy. There are also
33 Religions Brothers and 326 Religious Sisters, conducting the following educational establishments:--
1 College,
5 Industrial Schools or Orphanages,
15 Boarding Schools for Girls,
14 Boys' Schools, and
64 Mixed Schools for Boys and Girls. (Some few of the above schools are conducted by Lay Teachers, male and female.)
There is a Catholic population of 79,020, out of a total general population, exclusive of Maoris, of 578,482; or about one-seventh of the whole population. The appended tables show how these results are distributed between the four Dioceses:--
The names of the actual Bishops are as follows:--
WELLINGTON.--The Most Rev. Francis Redwood, S.M., D.D., Archbishop.
AUCKLAND.--The Right Rev. John Edmund Luck, O.S.B., D.D.
DUNEDIN.--The Right Rev. Patrick Moran, D.D.
CHRISTCHURCH--The Right Rev. John J. Grimes, S.M., D.D.
DIOCESAN STATISTICS.
| Diocese. |
Dis-
tricts. |
Churches. |
Secular
Clergy. |
Regular
Clergy. |
Reli-
gious
Bros. |
Reli-
gious
Sisters. |
| Wellington |
17 |
58 |
14 |
26 |
15 |
100 |
| Auckland |
18 |
39 |
17 |
10 |
9 |
74 |
| Dunedin |
13 |
36 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
40 |
| Christchurch |
14 |
40 |
10 |
12 |
4 |
112 |
| Totals |
62 |
173 |
56 |
51 |
33 |
326 |
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.
| Diocese. |
Col-
leges. |
Ind'strial
Schools
and
Orphan-
ages. |
Board'ng
Schools. |
Boys'
Day
Scho'ls. |
Mixed
Day
Scho'ls. |
Institu-
tions. |
| Wellington |
1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
18 |
-- |
| Auckland |
-- |
1 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
-- |
| Dunedin |
-- |
-- |
2 |
1 |
12 |
-- |
| Christchurch |
-- |
-- |
4 |
5 |
17 |
1 1 |
| Totals |
1 |
5 |
15 |
14 |
64 |
1 |
DIOCESAN POPULATION.
| Diocese. |
Cathol'c
Popula-
tion. |
Total
Popula-
tion ex-
clusive of
Maoris. |
Catho-
lic Per-
c'nt'ge. |
Maori
Popu-
lation. |
| WELLINGTON-- |
|
|
|
|
| Taranaki |
2,123 |
|
|
|
| Wellington |
9,712 |
|
|
|
| Hawkes Bay |
3,304 |
154,900 |
12.96 |
11,190 |
| Marlborough |
1,854 |
|
|
|
| Nelson, part of |
3,092 |
|
|
|
| |
20,085 |
|
|
|
| AUCKLAND-- |
|
|
|
|
| Auckland |
20,225 |
130,379 |
15.51 |
28,692 |
| DUNEDIN-- |
|
|
|
|
| Otago |
18,140 |
149,154 |
12.16 |
453 |
| CHRISTCHURCH-- |
|
|
|
|
| Canterbury |
13,733 |
|
|
|
| Westland |
5,005 |
|
|
|
| Nelson, part of |
1,825 |
144,049 |
14.27 |
1,097 |
| Chatham Islands |
7 |
|
|
|
| |
20,570 |
|
|
|
| N.Z. Totals |
79,020 |
578,482 |
13.67 2 |
41,432 |
