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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark

Coordinates: 40°45′20″N 74°10′39″W / 40.75556°N 74.17750°W / 40.75556; -74.17750
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Archdiocese of Newark

Archidioecesis Novarcensis
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryCounties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union, New Jersey
Ecclesiastical provinceMetropolitan Province of Newark
Population
- Catholics
1,319,558 (56.7%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 10, 1937
CathedralCathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Patron saintSt. Patrick
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJoseph William Tobin (designate)
Auxiliary BishopsJohn Walter Flesey
Manuel Aurelio Cruz
Vicar GeneralRev. Msgr. Thomas P. Nydegger & Rev. Msgr. Michael A. Andreano, KCHS[1]
Bishops emeritusDavid Arias Pérez, O.A.R.
Dominic Anthony Marconi
Charles James McDonnell
John Joseph Myers
Map
Website
rcan.org
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart; Newark, New Jersey

The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northeastern New Jersey, United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of the Catholic parishes and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Union, Hudson and Essex (where the city of Newark is located).[2]

History

Originally established as the Diocese of Newark in 1853 by Pope Pius IX, it was elevated to Archdiocese in 1937 by Pope Pius XI.

Newark's Saint Mary's Abbey was instrumental in the 1889 founding of Saint Anselm College, a Catholic, Benedictine college in Goffstown, New Hampshire.[3]

The Archbishop of Newark presides from the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. He is metropolitan for all the New Jersey dioceses, with the suffragan sees being the Diocese of Camden, the Diocese of Metuchen, the Diocese of Paterson and the Diocese of Trenton.

On September 24, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Bernard Hebda, Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark, positioning him to succeed Archbishop John J. Myers when the latter retired, resigned, or died.[4][5] However, after Pope Francis appointed Hebda Apostolic Administrator of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in June 2015, concurrent with Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark, he then named Hebda Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on March 24, 2016, ending any possibility that Hebda would succeed Myers.[6]

In February 2014, the New York Times reported Archbishop Myers planned to retire to a 7,500-foot "palace" expanded at his direction in Pittstown, New Jersey.[7]

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Myers on November 7, 2016. The installation of Joseph W. Tobin as his successor is scheduled for January 6, 2017.[8]

Ordinaries (and Coadjutor)

The lists of the bishops and archbishops and their years of service:

Bishops
  1. † Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley (1853–1872), installed Archbishop of Baltimore
  2. † Bishop Michael Augustine Corrigan (1873–1880), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of New York
  3. † Bishop Winand Wigger (1881–1901)
  4. † Bishop John Joseph O'Connor (1901–1927)
Archbishops

Newark was elevated to an archdiocese in 1937.

  1. † Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh (1928–1952)
  2. † Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland (1953–1974)
  3. † Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety (1974–1986)
  4. Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1986–2000), installed Archbishop of Washington
  5. Archbishop John J. Myers (2001–2016)
  6. Cardinal Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin (2017-), expected installation, January 6, 2017
Coadjutor Archbishop
  1. Archbishop Bernard Hebda (2013–2016), Coadjutor cum jure successionis, but was subsequently named Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis instead, ceasing as coadjutor in Newark.

† = deceased

Other bishops

The lists of the auxiliary bishops and their years of service, followed by list of other priests of this diocese who became bishops:

Active auxiliary bishops

As of September 24, 2015, there are two auxiliary bishops:

Retired (auxiliary bishop emeritus)
Former auxiliary bishops
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

† = deceased

Schools in the Archdiocese of Newark

Seminaries

Higher education

Secondary schools

Bergen County
Essex County
Hudson County
* Alternative school financially independent of Archdiocese.
Union County

Elementary Schools

Bergen County


Essex County
Hudson County
Union County

Cemeteries

Parishes of the Archdiocese of Newark

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bayonne
See: List of parishes at the Archdiocese of Newark website

Province of Newark

Further information: List of Catholic bishops of the United States § Province of Newark

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nydegger, Andreano Named Vicars General of Archdiocese". Archdiocese of Newark Press Office. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ^ Newark Archdiocese is diverse and densely populated, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed July 24, 2007. " Archbishop John J. Myers is moving from the plains of Illinois to the geographically smallest diocese in the United States; but its 513 square miles (1,330 km2) encompass about 1.3 million Catholics. It is one of the busiest, largest and most diverse dioceses in the nation. The Archdiocese of Newark encompasses the northeastern New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Union, and Hudson and the population totals 2.8 million people."
  3. ^ "About Us: College History". St. Anselm College. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  4. ^ http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/09/24/news/31740.html
  5. ^ http://usccb.org/news/2013/13-172e.cfm
  6. ^ http://www.archspm.org/current_bishops/most-reverend-bernard-a-hebda/
  7. ^ Powell, MIchael (February 19, 2014). "A Church So Poor It Has to Close Schools, Yet So Rich It Can Build a Palace". New York Times.
  8. ^ McElwee, Joshua J. (November 7, 2016). "Francis appoints Indianapolis' Tobin as archbishop of Newark, first cardinal in archdiocese's history". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "Bishop David Arias Pérez, O.A.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.[self-published source]
  10. ^ http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/page.aspx?pid=357
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