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Diocese of Trenton

Dioecesis Trentonensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 2 August 1881
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Newark
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: New Jersey
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 5,584 (2,156 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: III (NJ, PA)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: TR
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/
  • Mailing Address: Chancery Office, 701 Lawrenceville Rd., Trenton, NJ 08648, USA
  • Telephone: (609)406-7448
  • Fax: 406-7412

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 August 1881ErectedDiocese of Newark Diocese of Trenton (erected)
9 December 1937Territory LostDiocese of Trenton (Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May) Diocese of Camden (erected)
10 December 1937Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Trenton (from New York)
19 November 1981Territory LostDiocese of Trenton (Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, and Warren) Diocese of Metuchen (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950293,662900,00032.6%2651273927491231,122156ap1951
1966624,1371,907,27432.7%345924371,4281991,559188ap1967
1970720,7852,162,35533.3%4971346311,1421821,674192ap1971
1976785,6582,356,97433.3%4241105341,47111891,480208ap1977
1980867,2662,602,20633.3%3552055601,548912961,395215ap1981
1990604,2151,698,10035.6%240823221,876153139647124ap1991
1999703,5311,763,24939.9%237633002,34524460509127ap2000
2000712,0001,785,00039.9%235632982,389258123463126ap2001
2001728,3141,979,31436.8%265433082,36426884434127ap2002
2002740,3571,900,37539.0%261433042,435242111427126ap2003
2003761,2471,900,37240.1%257473042,504245109414127ap2004
2004780,9252,000,23539.0%260513112,511326123433127ap2005
2010831,7072,066,16040.3%245683132,657291142376111ap2011
2014868,0002,130,00040.8%245593042,855218113317109ap2015
2017881,1252,039,06043.2%221442653,325312103266107ap2018
2020893,2802,061,96043.3%202382403,7222309018199ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 563
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 375
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 258, to Page 260

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