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 | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 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 |
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.
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.