Northern New Jersey: Passaic, Morris, and Sussex Counties
Ecclesiastical province
Metropolitan Province of Newark
Population - Catholics
(as of 2004) 420,172 (36.8%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
December 9, 1937
Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Patron saint
Saint John the Baptist,[1] Saint Patrick[2]
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Kevin J. Sweeney
Metropolitan Archbishop
Joseph Tobin
Bishops emeritus
Arthur J. Serratelli
Map
Website
patersondiocese.org
The Diocese of Paterson (Latin: Dioecesis Patersonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northern New Jersey. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark.
The patrons of the diocese are Saint Patrick and John the Baptist. Its proper feasts are the Feast of St. Patrick (March 17), the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24) and the anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral church (June 30).[3]
As of 2023, the current bishop of Paterson is Kevin J. Sweeney.
^"A glance at the past".
^"The Feasts of St. Patrick & St. Joseph".
^"Bishops and Dioceses | USCCB". www.usccb.org.
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