Denomination Roman Catholic Established December 9, 1937 Phone +1 856-756-7900 | Population- Catholics 475,000 (34.5%) | |
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Ecclesiastical province Metropolitan Province of Newark Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Similar Archdioc of Philadelp, Camden Catholic High Sch, Paul VI High School, Bishop Eustace Prep Sch, The Catholic Communi | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese in New Jersey, United States, consisting of over seventy parishes and about 475,000 Catholics in the southern New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
Contents
- History
- School mergers and closures
- Bishops
- Bishops of Camden
- Auxiliary Bishop
- Other priests of the diocese who became bishops
- High schools
- References
The Bishop of Camden presides from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, although most major ceremonies are held at Saint Agnes Catholic Church in Blackwood. Some liturgies are held at St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral, Camden.
Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan has been bishop of the diocese since 2013.
History
Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Camden on December 9, 1937, by breaking it off from the Diocese of Trenton. The oldest parish is St. Mary (Gloucester City), which was founded in 1848.
On April 2, 2008, Bishop Joseph A. Galante announced the closing of roughly half of the parishes in the diocese. This followed a previous announcement of the closing of various Catholic schools. The Diocese of Camden was led by Bishop Galante until his resignation was accepted on Jan. 8, 2013.
School mergers and closures
Sacred Heart School was a Catholic elementary school (grades K-8) located in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey for 50 years, from 1947 to 1997. It was presided over by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden before closing in 1997 as the result of low enrollment and a pending merger. Students were transferred to Annunciation BVM School in Bellmawr, New Jersey.
Annunciation School was subsequently closed by the diocese at the end of the following 2007-08 school year and was merged into the St. Francis de Sales elementary school in Barrington on its site as a new school, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. This merged school lasted only one year. It closed after the 2008-09 school year in the face of further declining enrollment and rising costs.
Bishops
The following are lists of bishops and auxiliary bishops of the diocese and their years of service, followed by other priests of this diocese who became bishops (shown here is their service in this diocese):
Bishops of Camden
- † Bishop Bartholomew J. Eustace (1938–1956) Died December 11, 1956.
- † Bishop Justin J. McCarthy (1957–1959) Died December 26, 1959.
- † Archbishop Celestine Damiano (1960–1967) Died October 2, 1967.
- † Bishop George H. Guilfoyle (1968–1989) Retired on May 13, 1989; died June 11, 1991.
- † Bishop James T. McHugh (1989–1998) Appointed coadjutor bishop of Rockville Centre on December 7, 1998; succeeded to that see on January 4, 2000; died December 10, 2000.
- Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (1999–2003) Appointed bishop of Brooklyn on August 1, 2003.
- Bishop Joseph A. Galante (2004–2013) Resignation accepted, January 8, 2013.
- Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan (2013–present)
Auxiliary Bishop
Other priests of the diocese who became bishops
† = deceased