Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
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 | Newark |
Population - Catholics |
1,319,558 (56.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 10, 1937 |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart |
Co-cathedral | St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral |
Patron saint |
St. Patrick St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Joseph W. Tobin |
Auxiliary Bishops | |
Vicar General |
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Emeritus Bishops | |
Map | |
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Website | |
rcan.org |
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).[2]
History
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.[3]
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.[4][5] 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.[6]
In February 2014, the New York Times reported Archbishop Myers planned to retire to a 7,500-foot "palace" expanded at his direction in Pittstown, New Jersey.[7]
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Myers on November 7, 2016 and named Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, then Archbishop of Indianapolis, to be the Archdbishop of Newark. Newark, like Indianapolis, had never before been headed by a cardinal. His installation took place on January 6, 2017.[8][9][10][11][9]
Bishops
The lists of the bishops and archbishops and their years of service:
Bishops
- James Roosevelt Bayley (1853–1872), appointed Archbishop of Baltimore
- Michael Corrigan (1873–1880), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of New York
- Winand Wigger (1881–1901)
- John J. O'Connor (1901–1927)
- Thomas J. Walsh (1928–1937)
Archbishops of Newark
- Thomas J. Walsh (1937–1952)
- Thomas Aloysius Boland (1953–1974)
- Peter Leo Gerety (1974–1986)
- Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1986–2000), appointed Archbishop of Washington (Cardinal from 2001-2018)[12]
- John J. Myers (2001–2016)
- Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. (2017–present)
Coadjutor Archbishop
- Bernard Hebda (2013–2016), appointed Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Auxiliary Bishops
- Thomas H. McLaughlin (1935-1937), appointed Bishop of Paterson
- William A. Griffin (1938-1940), appointed Bishop of Trenton
- Thomas Aloysius Boland (1940-1947), appointed Bishop of Paterson and later Archbishop of Newark
- Justin J. McCarthy (1954-1957), appointed Bishop of Camden
- Martin Walter Stanton (1957-1972)
- Joseph Arthur Costello (1963-1978)
- John Joseph Dougherty (1963-1982)
- Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R. (1976-1991)
- Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. (1976-1995)
- Robert Francis Garner (1976-1995)
- Dominic Anthony Marconi (1976-2002)
- David Arias Pérez, O.A.R. (1983-2004)
- James T. McHugh (1987-1989), appointed Bishop of Camden and later Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Rockville Centre
- John Mortimer Smith (1988–1991), appointed Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee and later Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Trenton[13]
- Michael Saltarelli (1990–1995), appointed Bishop of Wilmington
- Charles James McDonnell (1994-2004)
- Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (1996-1999), appointed Bishop of Camden and later Bishop of Brooklyn
- Paul Gregory Bootkoski (1997-2002), appointed Bishop of Metuchen
- Arthur Serratelli (2000–2004), appointed Bishop of Paterson
- Edgar Moreira da Cunha (2003-2014), appointed Bishop of Fall River
- Gaetano Aldo Donato (2004-2015)
- John Walter Flesey (2004–present)
- Manuel Aurelio Cruz (2008–present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Robert Seton, appointed Titular Archbishop
- Peter Baldacchino, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Miami
Schools in the Archdiocese of Newark
Seminaries
- Immaculate Conception (Archdiocesan Major Seminary) at Seton Hall University in South Orange
- Saint Andrew's Hall College Seminary at Seton Hall University in South Orange
- Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary in Kearny, New Jersey
Higher education
Secondary schools
- Bergen County
- Academy of the Holy Angels (Demarest)
- Bergen Catholic High School (Oradell)
- Don Bosco Preparatory High School (Ramsey)
- Immaculate Conception High School (Lodi)
- Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township)
- Paramus Catholic High School (Paramus)
- Queen of Peace High School (North Arlington)
- St. Joseph Regional High School (Montvale)
- St. Mary High School (Rutherford)
- Essex County
- Christ the King Preparatory School (Newark)
- Immaculate Conception High School (Montclair)
- Lacordaire Academy (Upper Montclair)
- Mount Saint Dominic Academy (Caldwell)
- St. Benedict's Preparatory School (Newark)
- St. Vincent Academy (Newark)
- Seton Hall Preparatory School (West Orange)
- Hudson County
- Holy Family Academy (Bayonne) (CLOSED)
- Hudson Catholic Regional High School (Jersey City)
- Marist High School (Bayonne)
- St. Anthony High School (Jersey City) -- closed 2017
- St. Dominic Academy (Jersey City)
- St. Peter's Preparatory School (Jersey City)
- Kenmare High School* (Jersey City)
- * Alternative school financially independent of archdiocese.
- Union County
Elementary Schools
- Bergen County
Academy of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Franklin Lakes)
- Academy of Our Lady (Glen Rock)
- Academy of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Tenafly)
- Academy of St. Paul (Ramsey)
- Academy of St. Therese (Cresskill)
- Christ the Teacher Interparochial School (Fort Lee)
- Corpus Christi School (Hasbrouck Heights)
- Notre Dame Interparochial School (Palisades Park)
- Our Lady of Grace School (Fairview)
- Our Lady of Mercy Academy (Park Ridge)
- St. Anne School (Fair Lawn)
- St. Elizabeth School (Wyckoff)
- St. John's Academy (Hillsdale)
- St. Joseph's School (Oradell)
- St. Joseph's Academy (Bogota)
- St. Leo's School (Elmwood Park)
- Transfiguration Academy (Bergenfield)
- Essex County
- Aquinas Academy (Livingston)
- Blessed Pope John XXIII School (closed) (West Orange)
- Good Shepard Academy (Irvington)
- Good Shepard Academy (Nutley)
- Ironbound Catholic Academy (Newark)
- Lacordaire Academy (Lower Division) (Upper Montclair)
- Our Lady Help of Christians School (East Orange)
- Our Lady of the Lake School (Verona)
- Our Lady of Sorrows School (South Orange)
- St. Cassian School (Upper Montclair)
- St. Catherines of Siena School (Cedar Grove)
- St. Francis Xavier School (Newark)
- St. Joseph School (East Orange)
- St. Mary School(Newark)
- St. Michael School(Newark)
- St. Peters School (Belleville)
- St. Rose of Lima Academy (Short Hills)
- St. Thomas the Apostle School (Bloomfield)
- Trinity Academy (Caldwell)
- Hudson County
- All Saints Catholic Academy (Bayonne)
- Hoboken Catholic Academy (Hoboken)
- Union County
- Holy Trinity Interparochial School (Westfield)
Cemeteries
- Christ The King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover
- Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange
- Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee
- Maryrest Cemetery, Mahwah
- Saint Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia
- Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Lyndhurst
Parishes of the Archdiocese of Newark
- See parishes by location and county here: List of parishes at the Archdiocese of Newark website
Province of Newark
Sexual abuse of priests and seminarians
In July of 2018, it was reported that Catholic dioceses in New Jersey paid two former priests a total of $180,000 after they said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick had sexually abused them.[14]
A subsequent news report by Catholic News Agency, based on interviews with six unnamed priests of the Archdiocese of Newark, gave more details on McCarrick's actions while Archbishop of Newark. According to this report, when McCarrick would visit the seminary in the Newark diocese, he "would often place his hand on seminarians while talking with them, or on their thighs while seated near them." One of the priests stated that McCarrick "had a type: tall, slim, intelligent - but no smokers." He stated that McCarrick would invite young men to stay at his house on the shore, or to spend the night in the cathedral rectory in central Newark.[15] In response to the story, the Archdiocese of Newark stated that neither the six anonymous priests interviewed for the story, nor anyone else, "has ever spoken to Cardinal Tobin about a 'gay sub-culture' in the Archdiocese of Newark."[15]
The news story also stated that in 2014, a priest was removed from his job as rector of St. Andrew's Hall, the archdiocesan college seminary, after it was alleged that he had hidden a camera in a young priest's bedroom.[15] In response to the story, the Archdiocese of Newark stated that this priest had been "going through a personal crisis and received therapy after the incident at the seminary. Although he is not serving as a pastor, he has been deemed fit for priestly ministry and hopes to serve as a hospital chaplain."[15]
On 17 August 2018 the Catholic News Agency reported that six Newark priests alleged experience of sexual misconduct by two priests in seminary and ministry in the archdiocese. Archbishop Tobin responded with a letter to the priests of Newark on the same day, saying that he had been unaware of the issue. He concluded the letter by encouraging priests to refer media inquiries to the archdiocesan director of communications,[16] rather than speak to journalists. This drew criticism, following the many cases of Church cover-ups rather than transparency, such as "The Catholic church’s habit of secrecy and denial continues".[17][18]
On September 26, 2018, it was announced that Archdiocese of Newark was now one of four American Dioceses facing an investigation by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.[19] McCarrick served in each Diocese under investigation.[19]
See also
- LT John P. Washington, Chaplain, USA – one of the Four Chaplains killed during World War II
- Major Charles J. Watters, Chaplain, USA – killed in Vietnam War; awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic
- Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
- List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States
- List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
- Plenary Councils of Baltimore
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Catholic Church and politics in the United States
- History of Roman Catholicism in the United States
References
- ↑ "Nydegger, Andreano Named Vicars General of Archdiocese". Archdiocese of Newark Press Office. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ Newark Archdiocese is diverse and densely populated, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed July 24, 2007. " Archbishop John J. Myers is moving from the plains of Illinois to the geographically smallest diocese in the United States; but its 513 square miles (1,330 km2) encompass about 1.3 million Catholics. It is one of the busiest, largest and most diverse dioceses in the nation. The Archdiocese of Newark encompasses the northeastern New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Union, and Hudson and the population totals 2.8 million people."
- ↑ "About Us: College History". St. Anselm College. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ↑ http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/09/24/news/31740.html
- ↑ http://usccb.org/news/2013/13-172e.cfm
- ↑ http://www.archspm.org/current_bishops/most-reverend-bernard-a-hebda/
- ↑ Powell, Michael (February 19, 2014). "A Church So Poor It Has to Close Schools, Yet So Rich It Can Build a Palace". The New York Times.
- ↑ Goodstein, Laurie (November 7, 2016). "Pope Francis Names Joseph Tobin to Lead Archdiocese of Newark". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- 1 2 McElwee, Joshua J. (November 7, 2016). "Francis appoints Indianapolis' Tobin as archbishop of Newark, first cardinal in archdiocese's history". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Mueller, Mark (November 7, 2016). "Who is Newark's new cardinal? An introduction to Joe Tobin". NJ.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.northjersey.com/videos/news/2017/01/04/cardinal-joseph-tobin-installed-newark-archbishop/96152068/
- ↑ "Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal McCarrick". Dicasterium pro Communicatione. Vatican News. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop emeritus of Washington (USA), from the cardinalate.
- ↑ http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/page.aspx?pid=357
- ↑ Heyboer, Kelly; Sherman, Ted (July 17, 2018). "Here's how much N.J. Catholic dioceses paid to alleged McCarrick sex abuse victims, report says". NJ.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Condon, Ed (August 17, 2018). "New allegations surface regarding Archbishop McCarrick and Newark priests". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Cardinal Tobin denies knowledge of 'gay subculture' in Newark". Catholic News Agency. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ↑ Emma Brockes (25 August 2018). "Why the Catholic church keeps hitting the wrong note". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ↑ "Cardinal Tobin tells priests not to speak to press after 'gay sub-culture' claims". Catholic Herald. Catholic News Agency. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- 1 2 https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2018/09/26/bishops-to-investigate-4-dioceses-after-pope-nixes-vatican-mccarrick-probe/
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