Diocese of Paterson
Patersonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Paterson, New Jersey, United States
The Diocese of Paterson is a Latin Church diocese covering Morris, Passaic, and Sussex counties in northern New Jersey, erected in 1937. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Newark and is led by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 December 1937
- Latin
- Patersonen(sis)
- Patron
- St. John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002557
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 440,000
- Population
- 1,174,641
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 37.5%
- Priests
- 296
- Catholics per priest
- 1,486
- Extent
- 3,143 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 140
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
- Bishop
- Kevin J. Sweeney
- Born
- 17 January 1970
- Birthplace
- Elmhurst
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. John the Baptist stands in Paterson, 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 Province of Newark
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Newark.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northern New Jersey is home to the Diocese of Paterson (Latin: Dioecesis Patersonensis), a Catholic diocese in the United States suffragan to the Archdiocese of Newark. Saint Patrick and John the Baptist are its patrons, and Kevin J. Sweeney serves as bishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.