The Diocese of Paterson is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in the

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that encompasses

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, Morris, and

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counties in

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. Most of this territory lies to the west of the

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in Paterson. , there were 166 active diocesan priests, 96 retired priests, 124 religious priests, 136 permanent deacons, 19 retired permanent deacons, 178 male religious and 677 female religious to serve 426,000 Catholics out of a total population of 1,143,500, ranking it 44th in Catholic population among dioceses in the United States. The patrons of the diocese are

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and St. John the Baptist, and its proper feasts are the Feast of St. Patrick (17 March), the

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(24 June), the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral church (30 June). The diocese is a

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in the

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of the

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, and is part of Region III of the

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History

The diocese was established by

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on December 9, 1937, the same day that the dioceses of

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and

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were established. The new Diocese of Paterson was created by taking territory formerly part of the (then) Diocese of Newark. Bishop

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, the Bishop of Newark, was made the archbishop of a newly elevated Archdiocese of Newark the next day, December 10, 1937. One week later, Walsh's auxiliary bishop, Thomas H. McLaughlin, was appointed as the first Bishop of Paterson, and the former

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of St. John the Baptist in Paterson was established as the diocesan cathedral. In 1938, Bishop McLaughlin established Associated Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Paterson. Following the death of Bishop Thomas H. McLaughlin, Thomas Aloysius Boland, rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary, was named the second Bishop of Paterson on June 21, 1947. He served as bishop for five years, before being appointed

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in 1952. Boland was succeeded by James A. McNulty who was bishop for ten years before being named Bishop of Buffalo in 1963. During his tenure, he established thirteen new parishes.

Sexual abuse

On February 13, 2019, all of the Catholic dioceses based in New Jersey released the names of clergy who had been credibly accused of sexually abusing children since 1940. Of the 188 listed, 28 were based in the Diocese of Paterson. Newark archbishop, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, who leads the ecclesiastical province where the Diocese of Paterson is based, stated that the names were previously reported to law enforcement agencies. One priest was listed under both the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Paterson. By 2020, the names of 40 accused clergy listed were made public. On February 9, 2020, it was reported that all five Catholic dioceses across the state of New Jersey, which includes the Diocese of Paterson, had paid over $11 million compensate 105 claims of sex abuse committed by Catholic clergy. Of these 105 claims, 98 were compensated through settlements. In 2003, James Hanley was laicized having admitted to the sexually abuse of a number of children while serving in the Diocese. In 2004, the Diocese of Paterson settled lawsuits from 21 of Hanley's victims for approximately $5 million. In December 2019, more accusers of Hanley filed new lawsuits against the Diocese of Paterson. Hanley died in April 2020. On August 10, 2020, former Bishop of Paterson Frank Rodimer's decision to approve of the Vatican naming Archdiocese of Newark Auxiliary Bishop

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as his successor came under criticism, due to revelations that he had learned about sex abuse allegations facing Serratelli's former Newark superior, ArchBishop Theodore McCarrick. It was also revealed that a Diocese of Paterson official had informed Rodimer at the time of allegations that McCarrick had sexually abuses boys at his beach house and that Rodimer then claimed to the official that he would contact the Vatican's U.S. representatives. On December 1, 2020, it was revealed that the Archdiocese of Newark was among more than 230 sex abuse lawsuits filed within a period of one year against New Jersey Catholic Dioceses.

Bishops

Bishops of Paterson

# Thomas Henry McLaughlin (1937–1947) # Thomas Aloysius Boland (1947–1952), appointed

# James A. McNulty (1953–1963), appointed Bishop of Buffalo # James Johnston Navagh (1963–1965) # Lawrence B. Casey (1966–1977) # Frank Joseph Rodimer (1978–2004) #

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(2004–2020) # Kevin J. Sweeney (2020–present)

Leadership and deaneries

Leadership

* Diocesan bishop:

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Kevin J. Sweeney *

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and Moderator of the Curia: ** Msgr. James T. Mahoney ** The Rev. Michael Parisi *

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s: **Msgr. Edward J. Kurtyka, P.A., judicial vicar **Msgr. Joseph Anginoli, adjutant judicial vicar * Episcopal vicars: **The Rev. Stanley Barron, Vicar for Education **The Rev. Hernan Arias, Vicar for Pastoral Administration **The Rev. Paul Manning, Vicar for Evangelization *

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and Delegate for Religious: Sr. Joan Healy, S.C.C. * Vice chancellor and priest-secretary to the bishop: The Rev. Stephen Prisk * Vice Chancellor for Urban Ministry and Planning: Sr. Catherine McDonnell, O.P.

Deaneries

The 109

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of the diocese are split organizationally into twelve deaneries spanning the three counties:

City of Paterson

* Blessed Sacrament * Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Pompei

Our Lady of Victories

St. Agnes

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Bonaventure

St. Gerard Majella
* St. John the Baptist Cathedral
parish website
* St. Joseph
St. Mary Help of Christians
*

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* St. Stephen * St. Therese

City of Passaic

Holy Rosary

Holy Trinity

Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Joseph

St. Mary's Assumption
*

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St. Stephen

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)
St. Catherine of Bologna
( Ringwood)
St. Francis of Assisi
( Haskell)
St. Joseph
( West Milford)
St. Mary
(

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( Cedar Knolls) *

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( Whippany)
St. Ann
( Parsippany)
St. Catherine of Siena
(

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)
St. Christopher
(Parsippany)
St. Peter the Apostle
(Parsippany)
St. Rose of Lima
( East Hanover)
St. Virgil
( Morris Plains)

Northeastern Morris County

Holy Spirit
( Pequannock)
Our Lady of Good Counsel
( Pompton Plains)
Our Lady of the Magnificat
(

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)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
(

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)
SS. Cyril & Methodius
(Boonton)
St. Joseph
(

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)
St. Pius X
( Montville) N.B
Our Lady of Fatima

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Chapel, located in Pequannock, is not considered a parish of the Diocese of Paterson. Instead, it is a

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administered by the

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Northern Morris County

* Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (

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)
Sacred Heart
(Dover)
Sacred Heart of Jesus
( Rockaway)
St. Bernard
(

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)
St. Cecilia
(Rockaway)
St. Clement Pope and Martyr
(

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)
St. Mary
( Denville)
St. Mary
(Dover)
St. Simon the Apostle
( Green Pond)

Southeastern Morris County

Christ the King
( New Vernon)
Corpus Christi
( Chatham Township)
Holy Family
( Florham Park)
St. Patrick
( Chatham)
St. Thomas More
( Convent Station)
St. Vincent Martyr
(

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)
St. Vincent de Paul
(

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)

Southwestern Morris County

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
( Morristown)
Our Lady of the Mountain
( Schooleys Mountain)
Resurrection
( Randolph)
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
(

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)
St. Joseph
( Mendham)
St. Lawrence the Martyr
(

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)
St. Luke
( Long Valley)
St. Margaret of Scotland
(Morristown)
St. Mark the Evangelist
(Long Valley)
St. Matthew the Apostle
(Randolph)

Western Morris County

* Our Lady of the Lake ( Mount Arlington)
Our Lady Star of the Sea
( Lake Hopatcong efferson Township
St. Jude
( Budd Lake)
St. Jude
(

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)
St. Michael
( Netcong)
St. Therese
( Succasunna)
St. Thomas the Apostle
( Oak Ridge)

Sussex County

St. Kateri Tekakwitha
(

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)
Good Shepherd
(

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) * Immaculate Conception ( Franklin)
Our Lady of Fatima
( Highland Lakes)
Our Lady of the Lake Church
(Sparta)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
( Swartswood ewton
Our Lady Queen of Peace
( Branchville)
St. Francis de Sales
(

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)
St. James the Greater
( Montague)
St. John Vianney
(

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St. Joseph
( Newton)
St. Jude the Apostle
(

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)
St. Monica
(

)
St. Thomas of Aquin
( Ogdensburg)
St. Thomas the Apostle
( Sandyston)

Institutions in the diocese

Educational institutions

; Tertiary education * Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham (operated by the Sisters of Christian Charity) * Saint Elizabeth University (formerly College of Saint Elizabeth), Convent Station (operated by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth) ;Diocesan high schools *

DePaul Catholic High School DePaul Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic, high school in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. The school is accredited by AdvancED.< ...

, Wayne *

Morris Catholic High School Morris Catholic High School is a four-year comprehensive Roman Catholic regional high school located in Denville Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1957 and is part of the Diocese of Paterson. Morris Cat ...

, Denville *

Pope John XXIII Regional High School Pope John XXIII Regional High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Sparta, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The school was founded in 1956, originally as ''Our Lady Of The Lake School'' and is part of the Roman Catholic Dioces ...

;Other Catholic high schools *

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, Convent Station (operated by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth) *

Delbarton School Delbarton School is a private all-male Catholic Church, Catholic college-preparatory school in Morristown, New Jersey for young men in seventh grade, seventh through twelfth grades. It is an independent school directed by the Benedictine monks ...

, Morristown (operated by the

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of Saint Mary's Abbey) * Mary Help of Christians Academy,

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) ;Former diocesan high schools * Pope Pius XII High School,

(closed at the end of the 1982-1983 academic year) * Neumann Preparatory School, Wayne (closed at the end of the 1989-1990 academic year) * Paul VI Regional High School,

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(closed at the end of the 1989-1990 academic year) *

Paterson Catholic High School Paterson Catholic Regional High School was a private four year Catholic high school located in Paterson, New Jersey that served students from 9th through 12th grade. It was under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Due ...

, Paterson (closed at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year)

Catholic hospitals

* Saint Clare's Health System (part of Catholic Health Initiatives) ** St. Clare's Hospital/

(formerly Riverside Hospital) **St. Clare's Hospital/Denville **St. Clare's Hospital/

(formerly Dover General Hospital) **St. Clare's Hospital/

(formerly Wallkill Valley Hospital) * St. Joseph's Healthcare System (operated by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth): ** St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson **St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Paterson **St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital (formerly Wayne General Hospital) * St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic (operated by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth)

Geography

Because of its location in Passaic, Morris and Sussex Counties, the Diocese of Paterson contains a wide spectrum of natural landmarks. The Diocese contains the highest portion of the state of New Jersey in the

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of Sussex County, as well as the largest lake in the state ( Lake Hopatcong), the Great Falls of Paterson and the Great Swamp in Morris County. As for man-made landmarks, the Diocese of Paterson contains one of the parishes claiming to be the oldest Catholic parish in the state, namely Saint Joseph Parish in West Milford. Geographically, the Diocese of Paterson is bordered by four other dioceses: The Archdiocese of Newark (east), the

Diocese of Metuchen The Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen ( la, Dioecesis Metuchenis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in New Jersey, centered in the borough of Metuchen. It was established on November 19, 1981, from the territory of the Diocese of Trenton. The dioc ...

(south), the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania (west) and the Archdiocese of New York (north).

References

External links

Official websiteNew Jersey Provincial Directory
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