20th-century history of the Catholic Church in the United States greater frequency. 20th-century history of the Catholic Church in the United States The 20th-century history of the Catholic Church in the United States was characterized by a period of continuous growth for the Church in the United States, with Catholics progressively evolving from a small minority to a large minority. In 1900 the Catholic population was 10 million, under the control of 14 Archbishops, 77 bishops, and 12,000 priests . The community had built 10,000 churches, of which two-thirds had resident pastors. Catholic schools educated nearly 1,000,000 children and youth. Catholics were heavily concentrated in the industrial and mining centers
1886 Dutch Reformed Church split 1886 Dutch Reformed Church split The 1886 Dutch Reformed Church split, also known as Doleantie (from Latin "dolere", 'to feel sorrow') was the name of a prominent schism in the Dutch Reformed Church ("Nederlands Hervormde Kerk") which took place in 1886 and was led by the renowned minister Abraham Kuyper. The Doleantie was not the first schism in the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1834 another schism, the Secession of 1834 "(Afscheiding van 1834)", had led to the formation of the Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands "(Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk in Nederland)". In 1885 the first moves towards schism were made