Diocese of

Metuchen

USA USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Metuchen / Metuchen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Newark

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Contact Info

Address: Pastoral Center, 146 Metlars Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854; P.O. Box 191, Metuchen, NJ 08840, USA

Phone: +1 (732) 562-1990

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Metuchen (Roman Rite)

Archbishop James Francis Checchio (59)Bishop James Francis Checchio (59) (later Archbishop)
(2016.03.08 – 2025.09.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)
Bishop emeritus of Metuchen (USA)

Reconciliamini Deo

Born:1966.04.21 (Camden, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:1992.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.03

Priest of Camden (USA) (1992.06.20 – 2016.03.08)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.03.18 – 2011.07.14)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (2005.12.12 – 2016.02.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2011.07.14 – 2016.03.08)

Bishop of Metuchen (USA) (2016.03.08 – 2025.09.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (2025.09.24 – ...)

Bishop Paul Gregory Bootkoski (85)Bishop Paul Gregory Bootkoski (85)
(2002.01.04 – 2016.03.08)

Bishop emeritus of Metuchen (USA)

God’s grace suffices

Born:1940.07.04 (Newark, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:1966.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1997.09.05

Priest of Newark (USA) (1966.05.29 – 1997.07.07)

Titular Bishop of Zarna (1997.07.07 – 2002.01.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1997.07.07 – 2002.01.04)

Bishop of Metuchen (USA) (2002.01.04 – 2016.03.08)

Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen
(1997.07.08 – 2002.01.04)

Fides Spes Caritas Tria Hæc

Born:1936.12.24 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1962.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:1997.09.08
Died:2003.03.30 (Metuchen, NJ, USA † 66)

Bishop of Metuchen (USA) (1997.07.08 – 2002.01.04)

Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes
(1986.12.11 – 1997.07.08)

Rejoice in the Lord always

Born:1920.11.13 (Lansdowne, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1947.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1976.07.21
Died:2012.12.25 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Segia (1976.06.14 – 1986.12.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1976.06.14 – 1986.12.11)

Bishop of Metuchen (USA) (1986.12.11 – 1997.07.08)

Bishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick (later Mr.)
(1981.11.19 – 1986.05.30)

Come Lord Jesus

Born:1930.07.07 (New York, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1958.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1977.06.29
Created Cardinal:2001.02.21
Resigned as Cardinal:2018.07.28
Died:2025.04.04 (Dittmer, MO, USA † 94)

Priest of New York (USA) (1958.05.31 – 1977.05.24)

Domestic Prelate (1965.11.10 – 1968.03.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1968.03.28 – 1977.05.24)

Titular Bishop of Rusibisir (1977.05.24 – 1981.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of New York (USA) (1977.05.24 – 1981.11.19)

Bishop of Metuchen (USA) (1981.11.19 – 1986.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1986.05.30 – 2000.11.21)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands) (1998.10.17 – 2000.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA) (2000.11.21 – 2006.05.16)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (2001.02.21 [2001.06.28] – 2018.07.28)

Resigned cardinalate (2018.07.28)

Lay state (2019.02.13)

Special Churches

Churches by City (108)

Philadelphia (↙), Allentown (←), Scranton (↖), Paterson (↑), Newark (↗), Trenton (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,697 km²

Population: 636,728 Catholics (44.0% of 1,447,109 total)

Pastoral Centres: 90 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 190 priests (153 diocesan, 37 religious), 171 deacons, 246 religious (44 brothers, 202 sisters), 20 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.11.11

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