Roman Catholics in the U. S., Alaska and Hawaii now total 20,322,594 souls, reported a new Official Catholic Directory published last week. During the year past the Church gained 54,191 communicants, of whom 49,181 were converts. The active hierarchy: 29,619 priests, 107 bishops, 18 archbishops of whom four are Cardinals. Schools: 185 seminaries, 1,028 high schools with 24,356 students, 7,429 parochial schools with 2,224,553 pupils.
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