You wrote:
“Whereas most who read and treasure the King James Bible think the Douay-Rheims is already gathering dust a museum, if they think about it at all.”
1) Since the Protestant Revolution was forced on the entire English-speaking population, it should be no surprise that most English speakers today are Protestants. The DRV is far from “gathering dust [in] a museum” however. It is more popular now then it was 40 years ago. New printings are popping up: http://www.saintbenedictpress.com/Catholic-Classics/Bibles.cfm?ct=1372
What a wacky view of world history. What “Protestant Revolution” is this, of which you speak? The English Civil War? Has to be, otherwise we’d be dealing with languages other than English.
Unless, that is, you actually mean the American Revolution, known abroad as the “Presbyterian War,” but it led directly to no English translation of the Bible that I’m aware.
Really, you should try looking to other sources outside the Catholic Encyclopedia sometime.