Suffragan diocese Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Diocese of Paterson
Patersonen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1937
- Catholics
- 440,000
- Priests
- 296
- Territory
- 3,143 km²
Parishes and churches
124 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Catherine of BolognaRingwoodMass times recorded
- St. Catherine of SienaMountain LakesMass times recorded
- St. CeciliaRockawayMass times recorded
- St. ChristopherParsippanyMass times recorded
- St. ClareCliftonMass times recorded
- St. Clement Pope and MartyrRockaway TownshipMass times recorded
- St. Elizabeth Ann SetonFlandersMass times recorded
- St. Francis de SalesMcAfeeView parish
- St. Francis of AssisiHaskellMass times recorded
- St. GeorgePatersonMass times recorded
- St. Gerard MajellaPatersonMass times recorded
- St. James of the MarchesTotowaMass times recorded
- St. James the GreaterMontagueMass times recorded
- St. John KantyCliftonMass times recorded
- St. John the BaptistWhippanyMass times recorded
- St. John VianneyStockholmMass times recorded
- St. JosephLincoln ParkMass times recorded
- St. JosephMendhamMass times recorded
- St. JosephNewtonMass times recorded
- St. JosephPassaicMass times recorded
- St. JosephPatersonMass times recorded
- St. JosephStirlingMass times recorded
- St. JosephWest MilfordMass times recorded
- St. JudeBudd LakeMass times recorded
- St. JudeHopatcongMass times recorded
- St. Jude the ApostleHamburgMass times recorded
- St. Kateri TekakwithaSpartaMass times recorded
- St. Lawrence the MartyrChesterMass times recorded
- St. LukeLong ValleyMass times recorded
- St. Margaret of ScotlandMorristownMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Kevin J. Sweeney
- Born
- 17 January 1970
- Birthplace
- Elmhurst
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.