Conversions in China
A short dispatch quoting the New York Independent on the scale of Roman Catholic missionary success in China, contrasted with Protestant efforts, with a garbled but revealing statistical tally.
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The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · April 17, 1870 · Page 2
1 min readThe New York Independent says: "With all the success attained by the Protestant missionaries in China, the Roman Catholics far surpass them in the number of their converts. In the single Vicariate of Kiang-nan, a district including Shanghai, they report 64 European missionaries and 26 native priests, [...] churches and chapels, [...] schools with [...] pupils, besides a [...] and [...] orphan asylums with [...] children. They have 77,449 converts, [...] and baptized [...] adult converts [...]. The Jesuits are in charge, and their missions [...] under the active protection of the French consul."
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