Suffragan diocese Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
Diocese of Metuchen
Metuchen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1981
- Catholics
- 636,728
- Priests
- 190
- Territory
- 3,697 km²
Parishes and churches
123 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Lucy FilippiniNew BrunswickView parish
- St. LukeNorth PlainfieldMass times recorded
- St. Magdalen de PazziFlemingtonMass times recorded
- St. MaryAlphaMass times recorded
- St. MaryManvilleView parish
- St. MaryPerth AmboyMass times recorded
- St. MarySouth AmboyMass times recorded
- St. Mary of CzestochowaBound BrookMass times recorded
- St. Mary of OstrabramaSouth RiverMass times recorded
- St. Mary–Stony HillWatchungMass times recorded
- St. Matthew the ApostleEdisonMass times recorded
- St. MatthiasSomersetMass times recorded
- St. Michael the ArchangelManvilleView parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelPerth AmboyView parish
- St. NicholasDunellenMass times recorded
- St. NicholasGreat MeadowsMass times recorded
- St. Nicholas of MyraPerth AmboyView parish
- St. PatrickBelvidereMass times recorded
- St. Paul the ApostleHighland ParkMass times recorded
- St. Peter the ApostleNew BrunswickMass times recorded
- St. Philip and St. JamesPhillipsburgMass times recorded
- St. Rose of LimaOxford TownshipMass times recorded
- St. SharbelSomersetMass times recorded
- St. Stanislaus KostkaSayrevilleMass times recorded
- St. StephenPerth AmboyMass times recorded
- St. Stephen ProtomartyrSouth RiverMass times recorded
- St. TheodorePort MurrayMass times recorded
- St. TheresaEdisonMass times recorded
- St. ThomasSomersetMass times recorded
- St. Thomas the ApostleOld Bridge TownshipMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Very Rev. Jonathan S. Toborowsky (Diocesan Administrator)
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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.
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.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
- Pope Leo XIV accepts Bishop Francis I. Malone's resignation
- Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Michael Saporito to lead Diocese of Metuchen
- Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Michael Saporito to Diocese of Metuchen
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