Episcopal Diocese of Newark

Diocese of Newark
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Province II
Statistics
Congregations	102 (2014)
Members	25,478 (2015)
Information
Rite	Episcopal
Cathedral	Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith
Map
Location of the Diocese of Newark
Website
www.dioceseofnewark.org

The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising the northern third of New Jersey in the United States. The Diocese represents the Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a province, and presides over Episcopal parishes, missions, outreach ministries and schools in the New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren, and one church in Union County.

Though Newark was originally a Puritan settlement, Anglicans have been worshipping in the area since 1695. An Anglican congregation was established in Newark by 1729 and a church, Trinity Church, was under construction in 1742. Two other current parishes, Christ Church in what is now Belleville (1746) and Christ Church in Newton (1769), were established by charter of the British Crown. The church, with its association with Britain, suffered during the American Revolutionary War, but by the time the first bishop of New Jersey was elected in 1815, there were 27 congregations. By 1832, there were 85 congregations statewide.

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