Passionist Hunan Mission Statistics 1922-1941

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1922: Vicariate of Northern Hunan, Changteh, Hunan

Passionists assigned to work with the Spanish Augustinians who had been in the region since 1870.

Chinese Population: 11,000,000
Chinese Catholics: 7600
Churches: 19
Chapels: 57
Mission Stations: 8
Parochial Schools: 18
Orphan Asylums: 2
Number of Priests 30

Source: Bolletino (February 1922): 29

1925: Prefecture of Shenchow, Hunan

Established in 1925, it was approximately half of the Northern Hunan Vicariate. Passionist Father Dominic Langenbacher was Prefect Apostolic.

Chinese Population 5 million
Chinese Catholics: 1,978
Missions: 16
Catechumens: 4,974
Passionist Priests: 26
Passionist Brothers: 1
Sisters of Charity, Convent Station, New Jersey: 5
Preparatory Seminary Students: 4
Boys Primary Schools 19 with 802 students
Girls Primary Schools 11 with 296 students
Orphans 68
Dispensaries: 7 Number of Sick served: 19,000
Adult Baptisms: 309
Infant Baptisms 54
Baptisms Prior to Death: 84
Confirmations: 78
Annual Confessions:1,084
Devotional Confessions: 38,245
Annual Communions: 1,084
Devotional Communions:38, 245
Extreme Unction (Sacrament in Danger of Death): 41
Marriages:27
Chapels: 26
Churches: 5

Source: J.M. Planchet, C.M. Les Missions De Chine et Japon 1927 (Pekin: Lazaristes, 1927):265-268.

1930: Mission of Shenchow

Area covered: 15,400 square miles, had 11 missions and 25 mission stations
Population: 4,500,000
Catholics: 2,504
Protestants: 258
Catechumens 1,250
Mission personnel: 24 Passionist priests; 5 Sisters of Charity from Convent Station, New Jersey. They have one native novice: 4 Sisters of St. Joseph from Baden, Pennsylvania; 8 native postulants
Mission Catechists: 34 Chinese men and 20 Chinese women
School Teachers: 24 men and 13 women
Baptizers: 101 men and 68 women
Preparatory Seminary: 4 pupils
public churches: 10
chapels with residences: 18
chapels without residences: 7 Cemeteries: 3
Schools for boys: 11 with 270 pupils
Schools for girls: 8 with 130 pupils
Schools for catechists: 2 where 15 students were enrolled.
Total catechumenate schools: 11 in which 352 men and 258 women participated.
Medical dispensaries: 12 dispensaries which treated 34, 492 patients
Orphanages: 13 responsible for 115 orphans; Infant homes: 2 cared for 103 babies
Male aging homes: 3 which had 16 residents
Female aging homes: 2 which had 10 residents
35 Missions preached in 1930: 35
Sermons to Catholics: 14,890;
medical dispensaries: 12 treated 34, 492 patients
Sermons to pagans: 155
Convert from Protestantism to Catholicism: 1
Total Baptisms: 238
Adults in danger of death: 35
Adult catechumens: 85
Infants in danger of death: 40
Infants of Christians: 78
Confirmations: 31
Annual Easter Confessions: 1,308
Devotion Confessions: 27,445
Annual Easter Communions: 1,308
Devotion Communions: 76,640
Extreme unctions: 44
Marriages between Catholics: 12
Mixed marriages: 8
Adult deaths: 56
Infant deaths: 55

Source: Passionist Historical Archives, New Jersey

1940-1941

Missions: 14
Mission stations: 29
Churches: 4 seating 400
Chapels: 36
Minor seminary: 1
Grammar schools: 15
High school: 1
Hospital: 1
Dispensaries: 27
Orphan asylums: 2
Home for the aged: 1
Trade school: 1
Embroidery school:1
Catholics: 5,006
Population: 4,500,000
Catechumens: 11,500
Passionist Missionaries: 20
Sisters of Charity: 11
Sisters of St. Joseph: 6
Adult Baptisms: 1,036
Infant Baptisms: 138
Dying Baptisms: 1,895
Confessions: 75,378
Holy Communions: 135,515
Confirmations: 728
Extreme Unctions: 153
Marriages: 49
Seminarians: 12
School pupils: 1,972
High School Students: 57
Hospital Patients: 1,591
Dispensary Cases: 473,984
Orphans: 192
Old Folks: 27
Trade Apprentices: 25
Refugees Housed: 2,1000

Source: Passionist Historical Archives, Union City, New Jersey

Number of Other Missionaries Assigned to the Hunan Mission Area

1925-1951: Sisters of Charity, Convent Station, New Jersey 14
1926-1948: Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, Pennsylvania 13
1945-1951: Hungarian Sisters of Charity, Saoyang 4
1946-1951 Hungarian Sisters of Notre Dame, North China 6

Indigenous Chinese Members

Chinese Priests: Raphael Chang, Augustinian, Vicar General, Bede Zhang, John Nien
Chinese Sisters: 6 total professed
- United States Sisters of Charity 4 professed
- United States Sisters of St. Joseph 1 professed
- Hungarian Sisters of Charity 1 professed