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to Rome. The ecclesiastical Junto which met in Mexico, had 

 striven to reinvest the Metropolitan with the ancient right of institu- 

 ting suffragan bishops ; but the canonical right has continued in the 

 Pope, on the presentation of the government. Nevertheless, efforts 

 have been made to extend, substantially the metropolitan powers of 

 the Archbishop of Mexico, of whom it was probably desired to 

 make the true head of the national church, dependent however upon 

 the Roman Pontiff. 



There were in Mexico, according to the best accessible official 

 dates, in 1826 

 1 Archbishop. 

 9 Bishops, in 9 Bishoprics. 



1 Collegiate Chief at the Collegiate Church of Guadalupe. 

 185 Prebends, (79 vacancies thereof, in 1826.) 



1194 Parishes, of one, two, or more churches. 



9 Seminaries ( conciliares.J 

 3677 Clergymen (1240 engaged in curacies) and the rest in semi- 

 naries, ecclesiastical cures, vicarages, &c.) 



5 Religious orders, owning 



155 Monasteries ; in which there were 

 1918 Monks; of whom 

 40 Served curacies and 

 106 Missions. 



In 47 of these monasteries there were more than twelve monks, 

 and in thirty-nine there were less than five. 



6 Colleges de Propaganda Fide, containing 

 307 Clergymen ; of whom 



61 Served in missions. 



2 Congregaciones, with 60 presbyters. 



58 Convents ; with 

 1931 Nuns, 

 622 Girls, 

 1475 Servants. 



Summary of Ecclesiastical Persons. 

 7999 Clergymen, friars and nuns. 

 2097 Servants and girls in convents. 



Since the epoch of independence the orders of Juaninos, Bele- 

 mites, and San Lazaro, have been extinguished. 



