Metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark, USA

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey
Former Cathedral: St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey
National Shrine: National Shrine of Jesus Del Gran Poder, Newark, New Jersey
National Shrine: National Shrine of St. Gerard, Newark, New Jersey
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (243)

Metuchen (↙), Paterson (←), New York (→)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.11.07 – ...):	Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (71) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands) Member of Council for the Economy
Auxiliary Bishop (2008.06.09 – ...):	Bishop Manuel Aurelio Cruz (69) Titular Bishop of Gaguari
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.02.27 – ...):	Bishop Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (62) Titular Bishop of Tabuda
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.02.27 – ...):	Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito (61) Titular Bishop of Luperciana
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.02.27 – ...):	Bishop Gregory James Studerus (75) Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Newark (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (71)
(2016.11.07 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale
Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)
Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Member of Council for the Economy

Gaudete in Domino

Born:	1952.05.03 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.10.09
Created Cardinal:	2016.11.19

Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) (1997.09.09 – 2009.11.04)

Titular Archbishop of Obba (2010.08.02 – 2012.10.18)

Secretary of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (2010.08.02 – 2012.10.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA) (2012.10.18 – 2016.11.07)

Delegate ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Sodalitium of Christian Life (2016.05.04 – 2019.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (2016.11.07 – ...)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands) (2016.11.07 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (2016.11.19 [2017.01.29] – ...)

Member of Council for the Economy (2020.08.06 – ...)

Archbishop John Joseph Myers
(2001.07.24 – 2016.11.07)

Mysterium ecclesiæ luceat

Born:	1941.07.26 (Earlville, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.09.03
Died:	2020.09.24 (Ottawa, IL, USA † 79)

Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria (USA) (1987.07.07 – 1990.01.23)

Bishop of Peoria (USA) (1990.01.23 – 2001.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (2001.07.24 – 2016.11.07)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands) (2001.07.24 – 2016.11.07)

Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick (92) (later Mr.)
(1986.05.30 – 2000.11.21)

Cardinal-Priest emeritus of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA)

Come Lord Jesus

Born:	1930.07.07 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.06.29
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Resigned as Cardinal:	2018.07.28

Titular Bishop of Rusibisir (1977.05.24 – 1981.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1977.05.24 – 1981.11.19)

Bishop of Metuchen (USA) (1981.11.19 – 1986.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1986.05.30 – 2000.11.21)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands) (1998.10.17 – 2000.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA) (2000.11.21 – 2006.05.16)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (2001.02.21 [2001.06.28] – 2018.07.28)

Resigned cardinalate (2018.07.28)

Lay state (2019.02.13)

Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety
(1974.04.02 – 1986.05.30)

In omnibus Christus

Born:	1912.07.19 (Shelton, CT, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.01
Died:	2016.09.20 († 104)

Titular Bishop of Crepedula (1966.03.04 – 1969.09.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1966.03.04 – 1969.09.15)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1969.09.15 – 1974.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1974.04.02 – 1986.05.30)

Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland
(1952.11.15 – 1974.04.02)

Maria impende juvamen

Born:	1896.02.17 (Orange, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1922.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.07.25
Died:	1979.03.16 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Hirina (1940.05.21 – 1947.06.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1940.05.21 – 1947.06.21)

Bishop of Paterson (USA) (1947.06.21 – 1952.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1952.11.15 – 1974.04.02)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh
(1937.12.10 – 1952.06.06)

Funda nos in pace

Born:	1873.12.06 (Parker’s Landing, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1900.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.07.25
Died:	1952.06.06 († 78)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1918.05.10 – 1928.03.02)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1928.03.02 – 1937.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1937.12.10 – 1952.06.06)

Bishops of Newark (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Walsh (later Archbishop)
(1928.03.02 – 1937.12.10)

(see above)

Bishop John Joseph O’Connor
(1901.05.24 – 1927.05.20)

Born:	1855.06.11 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1877.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.07.25
Died:	1927.05.20 († 71)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1901.05.24 – 1927.05.20)

Bishop Winand Michael Wigger
(1881.07.11 – 1901.01.05)

Born:	1841.12.09 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.10.18
Died:	1901.01.05 († 59)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1881.07.11 – 1901.01.05)

Bishop Michael Augustine Corrigan (later Archbishop)
(1873.02.14 – 1880.10.01)

Dominus petra mea

Born:	1839.08.13 (Newark, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1863.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.05.04
Died:	1902.05.05 (New York, NY, USA † 62)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1873.02.14 – 1880.10.01)

Titular Archbishop of Petra (1880.10.01 – 1885.10.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of New York (USA) (1880.10.01 – 1885.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA) (1885.10.10 – 1902.05.05)

Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley (later Archbishop)
(1853.07.29 – 1872.07.30)

Per fidem non per speciem / Non habemus hic manentem civitatem

Born:	1814.08.23 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1844.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.10.30
Died:	1877.10.03 (Newark, NJ, USA † 63)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1853.07.29 – 1872.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1872.07.30 – 1877.10.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Bernard Anthony Hebda (63) (2013.09.24 – 2016.03.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Walter Flesey (80) (2004.05.21 – 2017.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gaetano Aldo Donato (Thomas) (2004.05.21 – 2015.08.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (69) (2003.06.27 – 2014.07.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli (79) (2000.07.03 – 2004.06.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Gregory Bootkoski (82) (1997.07.07 – 2002.01.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (78) (1996.09.10 – 1999.06.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Charles James McDonnell (1994.03.15 – 2004.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Angelo Saltarelli (1990.06.02 – 1995.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Mortimer Fourette Smith (1987.11.20 – 1991.06.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Thomas McHugh (1987.11.20 – 1989.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. (1983.01.25 – 2004.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dominic Anthony Marconi (96) (1976.05.03 – 2002.07.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. (1976.05.03 – 1995.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Francis Garner (1976.05.03 – 1995.06.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R. (1976.03.06 – 1991.01.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Dougherty (1962.11.17 – 1982.09.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Arthur Costello (1962.11.17 – 1978.09.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin Walter Stanton (1957.06.27 – 1972.04.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walter William Curtis (1957.06.27 – 1961.09.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Justin Joseph McCarthy (1954.03.27 – 1957.01.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Aloysius McNulty (1947.08.02 – 1953.04.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Aloysius Boland (later Archbishop) (1940.05.21 – 1947.06.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Aloysius Griffin (1938.02.26 – 1940.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Henry McLaughlin (1935.05.18 – 1937.12.16)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: 171 Clifton Ave., Newark, NJ 07104-0500, USA

Phone: +1 (973) 497-4000

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 1,328 km²

Population: 1,367,550 Catholics (46.2% of 2,959,909 total) (2020)

Statistics: 207 parishes, 724 priests (563 diocesan, 161 religious), 145 deacons, 938 lay religious (239 brothers, 699 sisters), 42 seminarians (2020)

History

1853.07.29: Established as Diocese of Newark / Novarcen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of New York)
1881.08.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Trenton
1937.12.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Paterson
1937.12.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark / Novarcen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Camden, Paterson and Trenton)
1981.11.19: Gained suffragan see Metuchen

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1995.10)