| 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 |
| Metropolitan | Newark, New Jersey |
| Population - Catholics |
1,319,558 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | December 10, 1937 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart also St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | John Joseph Myers Archbishop of Newark |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Edgar Moreira da Cunha, D.S.V. Gaetano Aldo Donato John Walter Flesey Manuel Aurelio Cruz |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| rcan.org | |
The Archdiocese of Newark is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern 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).[1]
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Originally established as the Diocese of Newark in 1853 by Pope Pius IX, it was elevated to Archdiocese in 1937 by Pope Pius XI.
The Archbishop of Newark presides from the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark.
The Archdiocese is currently led by Archbishop John J. Myers. Myers is metropolitan for all of the New Jersey dioceses, the others of which are the Diocese of Camden, the Diocese of Metuchen, the Diocese of Paterson and the Diocese of Trenton.
† = deceased
As of January 1, 2010, there are four auxiliary bishops:
† = deceased
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