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Updated: March 28, 2025

According to the American Annual Cyclopaedia for 1875, the Roman Catholic Church has in the United States 1 cardinal, 8 archbishops, 54 bishops, 4872 priests, 4731 churches, 1902 chapels, 68 colleges, 511 academies, and a lay membership numbering over 6,000,000.

Various - Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science : Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876