Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1915 — Catholics Increase in State. [ARTICLE]

Catholics Increase in State.

Indianapolis, April 'The Rev. Francis H. Gavisk, chancellor of the Indianapolis diocese of the "Catholic church,- has received copies of the 1915 Catholic 'directory, which shows that Indiana has a Catholic population of 243,141, an increase of 5,SO3. compared to last year. The directory shows that there are 127,955 members of the faith in the Indianapolis diocese and 117,186 members in the Fort Wayne diocese. The Indianapolis diocese shows a gain of 804 for the year and the Fort Wayne diocese shows a gain of 4,999. Indiana ranks seventeenth among the states of the Union in Catholic population and the Indianapolis diocese stands thirty-fourth in the list of dioceses of the church. The enrollment in the parochial schools of the Indianapolis diocese is 18,559.