Since the epoch of independence the orders of Juaninos, Belemites, and San Lazaro, have been extinguished. In 1844, when the last accurate summary of the Mexican church, within our reach, was made, the following was the condition: SUMMARY OF MEXICAN CHURCH IN 1844. In this year the _possessions_ in conventual establishments of the REGULAR ORDERS, was estimated as follows: Dominicans, 25 Conventual establishments Franciscans, 68 " " Agustines, 22 " " Carmelites, 16 " " Mercedarios, 19 " " --- Total, 150 Conventual establishments === REGULAR ECCLESIASTICS:--Monks, 1,700 Nuns, 2,000 ---- 3,700 SECULAR CLERGY, 3,500 ---- Total number in religious orders 7,200 ==== The actual property of this establishment has been variously estimated since the earliest period in which Mexican institutions have been described by European writers. The church in Mexico is known to be immensely rich, and that its real and personal property has been carefully managed by the large body of intelligent men who control its affairs. They prudently make no public or statistical expositions of their interests. In 1807, Abad y Quiepo, in a communication to Don Manuel Sexto Espinosa, estimated the wealth of the church as follows: REAL ESTATE, from $2,500,000 to $ 3,000,000 PERSONAL INVESTMENTS for secular clergy in 9 bishoprics, 26,000,000 OBRAS PIAS in the church, of ecclesiastics of both sexes, 2,500,000 TOTAL FUND of the churches and communities of ecclesiastics of both sexes, 16,000,000 ---------- Total $47,500,000 =========== In 1831, Don José Maria Mora, a Mexican writer, estimated the property of the church at a valuation of at least $75,000,000.[27] In 1844,--and we may consider it nearly the same in 1850,--the church property was calculated as follows: Real estate--urban and rural, $18,000,000 Churches, houses, convents, curates' dwellings, furniture, jewels, sacred vessels and other personalities, 52,000,000