Editing Pope Pius IX (section)

===Institutions===
Pius IX approved 74 new religious congregations for women alone. In France, he created over 200 new dioceses and created new hierarchies in several countries.{{sfn|Duffy|1997|p=324}} He supported Catholic associations such as the Ambrosian Circle in Italy, the Union of Catholic Workers in France, and the Pius Verein and the Deutsche Katholische Gesellschaft in Germany, whose purpose was to bring the fullness of Catholic faith to people outside the church.{{sfn|Schmidlin|1922–1939|pp=313–315}}