Roman Catholic Diocese of Newark
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Archdiocese of Newark Archidioecesis Novarcensis |
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| 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%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 10, 1937 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart |
| Patron saint |
St. Patrick St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Joseph Tobin |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
John Walter Flesey Manuel Aurelio Cruz |
| Vicar General | Rev. Msgr. Thomas P. Nydegger & Rev. Msgr. Michael A. Andreano, KCHS |
| Emeritus Bishops |
David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. Dominic Anthony Marconi Charles James McDonnell John Joseph Myers |
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| Website | |
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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).
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.
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. 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.
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