Diocese of Trenton
Trentonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Trenton, New Jersey, United States
The Diocese of Trenton is a Latin Church diocese covering Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean counties in central New Jersey, erected in 1881. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Newark and is led by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., installed in 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 August 1881
- Latin
- Trentonen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001003270
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 850,000
- Population
- 2,130,044
- Catholic share
- 39.9%
- Priests
- 231
- Catholics per priest
- 3,680
- Extent
- 5,584 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 152
of the people living within its bounds
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
- David M. O'Connell, C.M.
- Born
- 21 April 1955
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLA MISSIONE (LAZZARISTI) (C.M.)
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. Mary of the Assumption stands in Trenton, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Newark
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Newark.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NewarkNewark
- Diocese of CamdenCamden
- Diocese of MetuchenMetuchen
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central New Jersey in the United States belongs to the Diocese of Trenton, a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Newark. Its mother church is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Trenton, joined by the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold. David M. O'Connell has served as bishop of Trenton since 2010.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].