Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in New Jersey, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Trenton is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central New Jersey in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark.
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Diocese of Trenton Dioecesis Trentonensis | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | South-Central New Jersey counties of Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean |
Ecclesiastical province | Newark |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | 2,130,044 850,000 (42%) |
Parishes | 109 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | August 2, 1881 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Trenton |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold |
Patron saint | Blessed Virgin Mary [citation needed] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David M. O'Connell |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Tobin |
Vicar General | Thomas Gervasio |
Map | |
Website | |
dioceseoftrenton.org |
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The mother church of the Diocese of Trenton is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Trenton. As of 2023, the current bishop of Trenton is David M. O'Connell.