Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
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The Archdiocese of Newark (Latin: Archidiœcesis Novarcensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern New Jersey in the United States.
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Archdiocese of Newark Archidiœcesis Novarcensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union, New Jersey |
Ecclesiastical province | Newark |
Headquarters | Newark, New Jersey |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,328 km2 (513 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 3,179,276 1,469,295 (46.2%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 29, 1853; 170 years ago (July 29, 1853) (became archdiocese, December 10, 1937) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph W. Tobin |
Auxiliary Bishops | |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
Website | |
rcan.org |
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The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark.[1] As of 2023, the archbishop of Newark is Cardinal Tobin.