Diocese of Camden
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Diocese of Camden Dioecesis Camdensis |
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| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | South Jersey |
| Ecclesiastical province | Metropolitan Province of Newark |
| Population - Catholics |
475,000 (34.5%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 9, 1937 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Dennis J. Sullivan |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop of Newark |
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| Website | |
| camdendiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese in New Jersey, United States, consisting of over seventy parishes and about 475,000 Catholics in the southern New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
The Bishop of Camden presides from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, although most major ceremonies are held at Saint Agnes Catholic Church in Blackwood. Some liturgies are held at St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral, Camden.
Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan has been bishop of the diocese since 2013.
Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Camden on December 9, 1937, by breaking it off from the Diocese of Trenton. The oldest parish is St. Mary (Gloucester City), which was founded in 1848.
On April 2, 2008, Bishop Joseph A. Galante announced the closing of roughly half of the parishes in the diocese. This followed a previous announcement of the closing of various Catholic schools. The Diocese of Camden was led by Bishop Galante until his resignation was accepted on Jan. 8, 2013.
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