Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark

Archdiocese of Newark
Archidioecesis Novarcensis
Location
Country United States
Territory Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union, New Jersey
Ecclesiastical province Metropolitan Province of Newark
Population
- Catholics
1,319,558 (56.7%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established December 10, 1937
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
also St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral
Patron saint St. Patrick
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop John Joseph Myers
Auxiliary Bishops John Walter Flesey
Manuel Aurelio Cruz
Vicar General Rev. Msgr. Thomas P. Nydegger & Rev. Msgr. Michael A. Andreano, KCHS[1]
Emeritus Bishops Peter Leo Gerety
David Arias Pérez, O.A.R.
Dominic Anthony Marconi
Charles James McDonnell
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.

The Archdiocese is currently led by Archbishop John J. Myers. Myers is metropolitan for all the New Jersey dioceses: the Diocese of Camden, the Diocese of Metuchen, the Diocese of Paterson and the Diocese of Trenton.

On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Bernard Hebda, until then the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord, in Gaylord, Michigan, as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, meaning that when Archbishop Myers retires, resigns, or dies, Archbishop Hebda would immediately succeed him as Archbishop of Newark.[4][5] However, Coadjutor Archbishop Hebda was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis by Pope Francis in June 2015, while still remaining Coadjutor Archbishop. However, Coadjutor Archbishop Hebda was subsequently named Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis by Pope Francis on Holy Thursday, March 24, 2016, meaning he will serve as the metropolitan archbishop there and not in Newark.[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]

Ordinaries

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), Coadjutor Archbishop of New York
  3. † Bishop Winand Wigger (1881–1901)
  4. † Bishop John Joseph O'Connor (1901–1927)
Archbishops

Newark became 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–present)
  6. Archbishop Bernard Hebda (2013–2016), Appointed Coadjutor cum jure successionis, but was subsequently named Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis instead, before his succession as Archbishop

† = deceased

Auxiliary bishops

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

Active

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

Retired (auxiliary bishop emeritus)
Former

† = deceased

Schools in the Archdiocese of Newark

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

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. ↑ A Church So Poor It Has to Close Schools, Yet So Rich It Can Build a Palace, by MIchael Powell, 19 February 2014, New York Times
  8. ↑ "Bishop David Arias Pérez, O.A.R.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/page.aspx?pid=357

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