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Archdiocese of Newark

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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R., Cardinal, Archbishop
  • Manuel Aurelio Cruz, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B., Auxiliary Bishop
  • Michael Arsenio Saporito, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Gregory James Studerus, Auxiliary Bishop
  • John Walter Flesey, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Dominic Anthony Marconi, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

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 (512 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: Chancery Office, 171 Clifton Ave., Newark, NJ 07104, USA
  • Telephone: (973)497-4002

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Newark
29 July 1853ErectedArchdiocese of New York
Diocese of Philadelphia
Diocese of Newark (erected) (State of New Jersey)
2 August 1881Territory LostDiocese of Newark Diocese of Trenton (erected)
9 December 1937Territory LostDiocese of Newark (Morris, Sussex, and Passaic Counties.) Diocese of Paterson (erected)
Archdiocese of Newark
10 December 1937ElevatedDiocese of Newark Archdiocese of Newark

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Newark
19501,098,9512,480,89244.3%5952728671,2673763,606209ap1951
19661,572,8453,007,50052.3%8904311,3211,1906323,381253ap1967
19681,647,8713,076,80553.6%9004861,3861,1887593,000252ap1971
19761,426,0342,980,62947.8%7603911,1511,238805662,742253ap1977
19801,390,4272,758,00050.4%7913721,1631,1952005632,480248ap1981
19901,339,3812,751,00048.7%7693201,0891,2292214731,860241ap1991
19991,319,5582,651,78549.8%7572441,0011,3182301161,505236ap2000
20001,319,5582,666,56949.5%7022559571,3782553881,473235ap2001
20011,319,5582,655,98549.7%6992399381,4062513561,374235ap2002
20021,319,5582,809,26747.0%6952279221,4312483571,276235ap2003
20031,319,5582,809,26747.0%7022279291,4201983491,318234ap2004
20041,319,5582,835,59446.5%6902289181,4372013361,264234ap2005
20091,395,0002,970,00047.0%6511768271,6861722761,053224ap2010
20121,427,0003,089,00046.2%6071677741,843184267809220ap2013
20131,438,0003,112,00046.2%6041527561,902180268853218ap2014
20161,469,2953,179,27646.2%5861327182,046151247853216ap2017
20191,501,5303,250,00046.2%5751307052,129144215708212ap2020
20211,367,5502,959,90946.2%5631617241,888145239699207ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Newark
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 172
  • Archdiocese of Newark
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 258, to Page 260

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