Archdiocese of Newark
| Archdiocese of Newark | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph William Cardinal Tobin CSsR |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Manuel A. Cruz Gregory Studerus Elias Lorenzo OSB Michael Saporito |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | John Joseph Myers |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Dominic Anthony Marconi John Walter Flesey |
| founding | 1853 |
| surface | 1,328 km² |
| Parishes | 216 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,179,246 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,469,295 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 46.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 586 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 132 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,046 |
| Permanent deacons | 151 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 247 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 853 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart |
| Website | www.rcan.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Camden Diocese of Metuchen Diocese of Paterson Diocese of Trenton |
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Located in the United States , the Archdiocese of Newark ( Latin : Archidioecesis Novarcensis , English : Archdiocese of Newark ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Newark , New Jersey . It includes Essex , Bergen , Hudson, and Union Counties .
history
On July 29, 1853, the newly established Newark Diocese was detached from the Dioceses of New York and Philadelphia . In 1881 and 1937 the dioceses of Trenton and Paterson were established. On December 10, 1937, they were subordinated as suffragan dioceses to the Archdiocese of Newark.
Ecclesiastical province
With the suffragan dioceses Camden , Metuchen , Paterson and Trenton , the archbishopric forms the ecclesiastical province of Newark, whose territory corresponds to that of the state of New Jersey .
Bishops of Newark
- James Roosevelt Bayley (July 29, 1853 - July 30, 1872)
- Michael Augustine Corrigan (February 14, 1873 - October 1, 1880)
- Winand M. Wigger (July 11, 1881 - January 5, 1901)
- John Joseph O'Connor (May 24, 1901 - May 20, 1927)
- Thomas Joseph Walsh (March 2, 1928 - December 10, 1937)
Archbishops of Newark
- Thomas Joseph Walsh (December 10, 1937 - June 6, 1952)
- Thomas Aloysius Boland (November 15, 1952 - April 2, 1974)
- Peter Leo Gerety (April 2, 1974 - June 3, 1986)
- Theodore Edgar McCarrick (May 30, 1986 - November 21, 2000)
- John Joseph Myers (July 24, 2001- November 7, 2016)
- Joseph William Cardinal Tobin CSsR (since November 7, 2016)
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Newark (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Newark on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- The homepage Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (English)
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