Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1946-1948

CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN CHINA

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Parma Foreign Mission Society two each, and twelve other Congregations one each. In addition, nine Congregations, not officially charged with a Mission area, share their labors with others. Thirty-six distinct nationalities are represented among the personnel of Catholic Missions in China. Major seminarists increased by forty-eight to a total of 983; minor seminarists, including probationers, advanced by sixty-five to 5,992. Lay catechists number 13,339, school teachers in the strict sense 15,202. Approximately forty per cent of each category are women. While the former have undergone a diminution of 478, the latter have in- creased by 605. This would seem to argue a widespread effort to place added emphasis on general education even at the cost of retrenchments in other important spheres of mis- sionary activity. Including the so-called prayer-schools, there are 16,197 schools with a total enrollment of 435i522 pupils. PROGRESS OF CHINA CATHOLIC MISSIONS July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936

Increase over Y ear Before

NUMBER

Catholic Population ___ Conversions _________ Catechumens _______ Ecclesiastical Divisions _ Entrusted to Foreign Clergy_______ Entrusted to Chinese Clergy________ Priests Foreign (including 81 Bishops) __ Chinese (including 13 Bishops) ___ Brothers Foreign -----~·--- Chinese Sisters Seminarists ______ Major -------~-- Minor (including Probationers) ___ Catechists Men Women Baptisms ___ __ ______ Adults -------~--- Children o,f Christians ----------- Adults in danger of death _______ Infants in clanger of death ---~-- Foreign Chinese ·--- ---------------------

2,934,175 106,316 526,673 129

115,336 9,636 31,613 4

106 23

3 1

4,552

243 155

2,717 1,835

88 96

1,263

574 689

42 54

5,746

333 125 208 113

2,120 3,626 983 5,992 7,986 5,353

6,975

48 65 -478 -62 -416 33,331 9,636 7,835 6,593 9,267

13,339

599,123

106,316 100,305 44,774 347,728