Diocese of Camden
Diocese of Camden | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Newark |
Diocesan bishop | Dennis Joseph Sullivan |
Vicar General | John Harvey Burton Robert McDermott Roger Eugene McGrath |
founding | 1937 |
surface | 6,967 km² |
Parishes | 65 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
Residents | 1,506,556 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics | 529.715 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
proportion of | 35.2% |
Diocesan priest | 225 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious priest | 31 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,069 |
Permanent deacons | 130 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
Friars | 44 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 233 (2016 / AP2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Website | www.camdendiocese.org |
The Diocese of Camden ( lat. : Dioecesis Camdensis , Engl. : Diocese of Camden ) is a in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Camden , New Jersey .
history
The Diocese of Camden was founded on December 9, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad maius animarum from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Trenton and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Newark as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Camden includes the areas of Atlantic County , Camden County , Cape May County , Cumberland County , Gloucester County and Salem County in the state of New Jersey .
Bishops of Camden
- Bartholomew Joseph Eustace , 1937-1956
- Justin Joseph McCarthy , 1957-1959
- Celestine Joseph Damiano , 1960-1967
- George Henry Guilfoyle , 1968–1989
- James Thomas McHugh , 1989–1998, then Coadjutor Bishop of Rockville Center
- Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio , 1999–2003, then Bishop of Brooklyn
- Joseph Anthony Galante , 2004-2013
- Dennis Joseph Sullivan , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Camden (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Camden on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)