Diocese of Metuchen
Metuchen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
The Diocese of Metuchen is the Latin Church diocese covering Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren counties in New Jersey. The see is sede vacante after Bishop James Checchio was named to New Orleans in 2025, with Very Rev. Jonathan S. Toborowsky serving as apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 November 1981
- Latin
- Metuchen(sis)
- Patron
- Queenship of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002235
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 636,728
- Population
- 1,447,109
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 44.0%
- Priests
- 190
- Catholics per priest
- 3,351
- Extent
- 3,697 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 172
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Very Rev. Jonathan S. Toborowsky (Diocesan Administrator)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi stands in Metuchen, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Newark
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Newark.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NewarkNewark
- Diocese of CamdenCamden
- Diocese of TrentonTrenton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1981, the Diocese of Metuchen (Latin: Dioecesis Metuchenis) serves the Catholic Church from the borough of Metuchen in New Jersey, United States. Saint Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Metuchen is its mother church.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.