Archdiocese of Newark

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Bishop(s) John Joseph Myers, Archbishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V., Auxiliary Bishop Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato, Auxiliary Bishop John Walter Flesey, Auxiliary Bishop Peter Leo Gerety, Archbishop Emeritus David Arias Pérez, O.A.R., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Dominic Anthony Marconi, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Charles James McDonnell, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Camden Metuchen Paterson Trenton

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 10 December 1937 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: New Jersey Country: United States of America Square Kilometers: 1,328 (511 Square Miles) Description: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties. Conference Region: III (NJ, PA) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: NEW Official Web Site: http://www.rcan.org/ Mailing Address: 171 Clifton Ave., P.O. Box 9500, Newark, NJ 07104-0500 Telephone: (973)497-4000 Fax: 497-4018

Historical Details

• Diocese of Newark
  • Latin Name: Novarcensis
  • Erected: 29 July 1853
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of New York
  • State: New Jersey
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Miles: 1,699
  • Description: Hudson, Passaic, Bergen, Essex, Union, Morris, and Sussex Counties.

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• James Roosevelt Bayley † (29 Jul 1853 Appointed - 30 Jul 1872 Appointed, Archbishop of Baltimore)
• Michael Augustine Corrigan † (14 Feb 1873 Appointed - 1 Oct 1880 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of New York)
• Winand Michael Wigger † (11 Jul 1881 Appointed - 5 Jan 1901 Died)
• John Joseph O'Connor † (24 May 1901 Appointed - 20 May 1927 Died)
• Thomas Joseph Walsh † (2 Mar 1928 Appointed - 6 Jun 1952 Died)
• Thomas Aloysius Boland † (15 Nov 1952 Appointed - 2 Apr 1974 Retired)
• Peter Leo Gerety (2 Apr 1974 Appointed - 3 Jun 1986 Retired)
• Theodore Edgar McCarrick (30 May 1986 Appointed - 21 Nov 2000 Appointed, Archbishop of Washington)
• John Joseph Myers (24 Jul 2001 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Newark
29 July 1853	Erected	Archdiocese of New York Diocese of Philadelphia	Diocese of Newark (erected)
2 August 1881	Territory Lost	Diocese of Newark	Diocese of Trenton (erected)
9 December 1937	Territory Lost	Diocese of Newark (Morris, Sussex, and Passaic Counties.)	Diocese of Paterson (erected)
Archdiocese of Newark
10 December 1937	Elevated	Diocese of Newark	Archdiocese of Newark

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Newark
1950	1,098,951	2,480,892	44.3%	595	272	867	1,267		376	3,606	209	ap1951
1966	1,572,845	3,007,500	52.3%	890	431	1,321	1,190		632	3,381	253	ap1967
1968	1,647,871	3,076,805	53.6%	900	486	1,386	1,188		759	3,000	252	ap1971
1976	1,426,034	2,980,629	47.8%	760	391	1,151	1,238	80	566	2,742	253	ap1977
1980	1,390,427	2,758,000	50.4%	791	372	1,163	1,195	200	563	2,480	248	ap1981
1990	1,339,381	2,751,000	48.7%	769	320	1,089	1,229	221	473	1,860	241	ap1991
1999	1,319,558	2,651,785	49.8%	757	244	1,001	1,318	230	116	1,505	236	ap2000
2000	1,319,558	2,666,569	49.5%	702	255	957	1,378	255	388	1,473	235	ap2001
2001	1,319,558	2,655,985	49.7%	699	239	938	1,406	251	356	1,374	235	ap2002
2002	1,319,558	2,809,267	47.0%	695	227	922	1,431	248	357	1,276	235	ap2003
2003	1,319,558	2,809,267	47.0%	702	227	929	1,420	198	349	1,318	234	ap2004
2004	1,319,558	2,835,594	46.5%	690	228	918	1,437	201	336	1,264	234	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jan 1983 to 21 May 2004)
• James Roosevelt Bayley † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1853 to 30 Jul 1872)
• Thomas Aloysius Boland † (Priest: 23 Dec 1922; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 1940 to 21 Jun 1947; Archbishop: 15 Nov 1952 to 2 Apr 1974)
• Paul Gregory Bootkoski (Priest: 29 May 1966; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 1997 to 4 Jan 2002)
• Michael Augustine Corrigan † (Priest: 19 Sep 1863; Bishop: 14 Feb 1873 to 1 Oct 1880)
• Joseph Arthur Costello † (Priest: 7 Jun 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1962 to 22 Sep 1978)
• Walter William Curtis † (Priest: 8 Dec 1937; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1957 to 23 Sep 1961)
• Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 2003)
• Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (Priest: 30 May 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Sep 1996 to 7 Jun 1999)
• Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato (Priest: 29 May 1965; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 2004)
• John Joseph Dougherty † (Priest: 23 Jul 1933; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1962 to 18 Sep 1982)
• John Walter Flesey (Priest: 31 May 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 May 2004)
• Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1976 to 30 Jun 1995)
• Robert Francis Garner † (Priest: 15 Jun 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1976 to 11 Jun 1995)
• Peter Leo Gerety (Archbishop: 2 Apr 1974 to 3 Jun 1986)
• William Aloysius Griffin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Feb 1938 to 21 May 1940)
• Dominic Anthony Marconi (Priest: 30 May 1953; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1976 to 1 Jul 2002)
• Theodore Edgar McCarrick (Archbishop: 30 May 1986 to 21 Nov 2000)
• Justin Joseph McCarthy † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1954 to 27 Jan 1957)
• Charles James McDonnell (Priest: 29 May 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Mar 1994 to 21 May 2004)
• James Thomas McHugh † (Priest: 25 May 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1987 to 13 May 1989)
• Thomas Henry McLaughlin † (Priest: 26 Jul 1904; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 May 1935 to 16 Dec 1937)
• James Aloysius McNulty † (Priest: 12 Jul 1925; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Aug 1947 to 9 Apr 1953)
• John Joseph Myers (Archbishop: 24 Jul 2001 - )
• John Joseph O'Connor † (Priest: 22 Dec 1877; Bishop: 24 May 1901 to 20 May 1927)
• Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1976 to 1 Jan 1991)
• Michael Angelo Saltarelli (Priest: 28 May 1960; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jun 1990 to 21 Nov 1995)
• Arthur Joseph Serratelli (Priest: 20 Dec 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 2000 to 1 Jun 2004)
• Robert John Seton † (Priest: 15 Apr 1865 to 22 Jun 1903)
• John Mortimer Fourette Smith (Priest: 27 May 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1987 to 25 Jun 1991)
• Martin Walter Stanton † (Priest: 14 Jun 1924; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1957 to 17 Apr 1972)
• Thomas Joseph Walsh † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1928; Archbishop: 10 Dec 1937 to 6 Jun 1952)
• Winand Michael Wigger † (Priest: 10 Jun 1865; Bishop: 11 Jul 1881 to 5 Jan 1901)