Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden
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The Diocese of Camden (Latin: Dioecesis Camdensi)s is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It consists of 62 parishes and about 475,000 Catholics in the South Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
Diocese of Camden Dioecesis Camdensis | |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Metropolitan Province of Newark |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 1,414,565 486,987 [1] (34.5%) |
Parishes | 62 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 9, 1937 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception[2] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Dennis J. Sullivan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Tobin |
Coadjutor | Joseph A. Williams |
Bishops emeritus | Joseph A. Galante |
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Website | |
camdendiocese.org |
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 in Camden.
Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan has been bishop of the diocese since 2013.
Bishop Joseph A. Williams, auxiliary bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, was named Coadjutor Bishop of Camden by Pope Francis on May 21, 2024.[3]