PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



649 



dinations of deacons, 110 ; of ordinations of 

 priests, 122 ; of Sunday-school teachers, 23,- 

 448 ; of Sunday-school scholars, 235,943. 



The Church Almanac of the Protestant 

 Episcopal Tract Society gives the following 

 totals : Number of dioceses, 45 ; of missionary 

 districts, 10 ; of bishops, 57 ; of bishops-elect, 5 ; 

 of priests and deacons, 3,130; of ordinations 

 of deacons, 101 ; of ordinations of priests, 114 ; 

 of candidates for orders, 322 ; of baptisms, 

 38,675 ; of confirmations, 22,503 ; of commu- 

 nicants, 265,357 ; of Sunday-school teachers, 

 23,340; of Sunday-school scholars, 218,400; 

 amount of contributions, $6,851,983.27. 



The Journal of the Triennial General Con- 

 vention of 1874 (first published in August, 

 1875) gives the following elaborate summary 

 of the statistics of this Church as they were re- 

 ported to the General Convention in October, 

 1874: 



41 

 8 

 8,086 



598 



456,417 25 

 496,527 10 



34,494 52 

 64,472 23 



170,031 00 



125,522 02 



Number of theological institutes in fifteen dio- 

 ceses and two missionary jurisdictions 17 



Number of other institutes in twelve dioceses 



and two missionary jurisdictions 66 



Communion alms reported in thirty-one dioceses 



and one missionary jurisdiction $536,317 98 



Episcopal fund, total income in thirty-five dio- 

 ceses and one missionary jurisdiction 442,186 20 



Diocesan expenditures, convention, etc., in thirty- 

 six dioceses , 199,564 21 



Offerings for diocesan missions in thirty-five dio- 

 ceses and one missionary jurisdiction 



Offerings for domestic missions in thirty-four 



dioceses and two missionary jurisdictions 



Offerings for home missions for colored people in 

 twenty-one dioceses and one missionary juris- 

 diction 



Offerings for Indian missions in sixteen dioceses 



and one missionary jurisdiction 



Offerings for foreign missions in thirty-two dio- 

 ceses and two missionary jurisdictions 231 ,701 76 



Offerings for education of the ministry in thirty 



dioceses 



Offerings for aged and infirm clergy fund in 

 twenty-four dioceses and one missionary juris- 

 diction 



Offerings for widows and orphans of clergy in 



seven dioceses 



Offerings for other and miscellaneous charities in 



Number of dioceses 41 nineteen dioceses 830,316 98 



Number of missionary jurisdictions 8 Total of charitable offerings and income in thirty- 

 Number of bishops and clergy 8,086 nine dioceses and seven missionary jurisdic- 



Number of lay readers in twenty-one dioceses tions 11,622,836 77 



and six missionary jurisdictions 598 Total of salaries and parochial expenses in twenty- 

 Number of candidates for holy orders in thirty- five dioceses 6,400,167 88 



seven dioceses and five missionary jurisdic- Total of religious contributions in thirty-nine dio- 



tions 333 ceses and seven missionary jurisdictions 17,964,024 65 



Deacons ordained in thirty-eight dioceses and Number of parishes not reporting in eighteen 

 four missionary jurisdictions 410 dioceses 303 



*^^*^*$3^^. 278 The General Convention of 1874 authorized 



Priests ordained in thirty-eight dioceses and four the formation of a new diocese out of the SOUth- 



missionary jurisdictions 310 f f ^ "Hinopcp rf OViin Thp nrimarv 



Present number of priests in thirty-eight dio- ern P art Ol -Diocese 01 UniO. ine primary 



ceses and eight missionary jurisdictions 2,580 Convention of the new diocese met at Colum- 



W S S SdSfc SS^jMSSS!*. 2,741 tus Ohio, January 13th and 14th. It decided 



Number of missions in thirty-two dioceses and that the name oi the diocese should, be tne 



five missionary jurisdictions 918 Diocese of Southern Ohio, and chose the Rev. 



Churches consecrated in thirty-seven dioceses Thmnna A Tao-crnr T> D nf PhilarMnhin to 



and three missionary jurisdictions 204 -LflOmas A. Jaggai, 1A _U., OI Jrmiaaeipma, to 



Whole number of churches and chapels in thirty- be its bishop. Some objection Was made to 



NJS*2*g^&?S5 2 ' 621 suitableness of Dr. Jaggar, on the ground 



five missionary jurisdictions 768 that he had at onetime expressed his sympa- 



Numberof families in twenty-two dioceses and thy with the Rev. Charles E. Cheney, of Chi- 



Nbrof= y i u " 8 gS I1 d,oi;Bes- a nd on, WS oago, in his scruples against the use in the 



missionary jurisdiction 241,393 baptismal formula of the words implying the 



B lSs S ffS&SrSiSi. and S ev- doctrine of baptismal regeneration i but it was 



en missionary jurisdictions 95,164 shown that this sympathy was expressed while 



Adults in same 22,120 122640 Mr. Cheney still professed to be loyal to the 



OonflrmSSTto'i^dtoc^"^'"B^'mifr. " ' Church, and before the formal censures were 



sionary jurisdictions 73,270 pronounced against him. Dr. Jaggar's name 



M rryTr S isdctt r nl d !T. S .! 9 ^.. ^~. 83,052 went before the standing committee of the dio- 



Buriais in thirty-nine" dioceses' and 'seven 'mis- ' ceses for confirmation at the same time with 



sionary jurisdictions. . ..... . ... 59,738 that of Dr. DeKoven, Bishop-elect of Illinois 



Communicants added in twenty -three dioceses TT . , ,. j n i 



and three missionary jurisdictions 42,331 His election was approved, and he was conse- 



Communicants died in eighteen dioceses and two crated at Philadelphia, April 28th. 



prSntSffKSunicant.Yafortydio: The Rev. Dr. Huntmgton having declined 



ceses and eight missionary jurisdictions 282,359 the bishopric of Iowa, to which he was elected 



%JSSHS&&Si& 32,920 in \ 87 4 ' "P 8 ?* 1 . se9siott f , th f diocesan con- 



Number of Sunday-school scholars in forty dio- vention of that diocese was held at Cedar Rap- 



ceses and five missionary jurisdictions 801,587 ids, May 25th. The Rev. James Houston Eg- 



Number oi parish-school teachers in twenty -four .l rt r,+ / ~n V ^f +1^ ni^.^V. f 4-\ Q '^ ^ 



dioceses and five missionary jurisdictions. 2,500 g^ston, D. D., of the Church of the Saviour, 



Number of parish-school scholars in twenty-four West Philadelphia, Pa., was elected bishop. 



tS^J^SKS^ffSSS:^ 86 ' 943 The . M J!7 of *e election was dispated by . 



ceses and three missionary jurisdictions 34 considerable part of the convention on account 



Number of church orphan asylums in twenty o f some alleged irregularity in the proceedings. 



sffiAtek S^JSSSSZZ. n The opposers of Dr. Eggleston addressed a pro- 



Number of academic institutes in twenty-seven test against his confirmation to the Standing 



m&fSSSSSXSStffiSKV. " 3 Committee His election, however, received 



ceses and two missionary jurisdictions 19 the approval of a large number of the commit- 



