Diocese of Trenton, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Trenton / Trentonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Newark

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 14

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1881.08.02: Established as Diocese of Trenton / Trentonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Newark and became suffragan of New York)
1937.12.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Camden
1937.12.10: Became suffragan of Newark
1981.11.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Metuchen

Contact Info

Address: 701 Lawrenceville Rd., P.O. Box 5147, Trenton, NJ 08638, USA

Phone: +1 (609) 406-7400

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.12.01 – ...):

Bishop David Michael O’Connell, C.M. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Trenton (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Michael O’Connell, C.M. (69)
(2010.12.01 – ...)

Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Ministrare non ministrari

Born:	1955.04.21 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.07.30

Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton (USA) (2010.06.04 – 2010.12.01)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (2010.12.01 – ...)

Bishop John Mortimer Fourette Smith
(1997.06.30 – 2010.12.01)

Servite Domino in lætitia / Serve the Lord in gladness

Born:	1935.06.23 (Orange, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.25
Died:	2019.01.22 (Lawrenceville, NJ, USA † 83)

Titular Bishop of Tre Taverne (1987.11.20 – 1991.06.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1987.11.20 – 1991.06.25)

Bishop of Pensacola–Tallahassee (USA) (1991.06.25 – 1995.11.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1995.11.21 – 1997.06.30)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1997.06.30 – 2010.12.01)

Bishop John Charles Reiss
(1980.03.11 – 1997.06.30)

Let us love one another

Born:	1922.05.13 (Red Bank, NJ, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1947.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.12.12
Died:	2012.03.04 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Simidicca (1967.10.21 – 1980.03.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1967.10.21 – 1980.03.11)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1980.03.11 – 1997.06.30)

Bishop George William Ahr
(1950.01.28 – 1979.06.23)

Maria spes mea

Born:	1904.06.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1928.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.03.20
Died:	1993.05.05 († 88)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1950.01.28 – 1979.06.23)

Bishop William Aloysius Griffin
(1940.05.21 – 1950.01.01)

Monstra te esse matrem

Born:	1885.11.20 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1910.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.05.01
Died:	1950.01.01 († 64)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1938.02.26 – 1940.05.21)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1940.05.21 – 1950.01.01)

Bishop Moses Elias Kiley (later Archbishop)
(1934.02.10 – 1940.01.01)

Ut sim fidelis

Born:	1876.11.13 (Margaree, NS, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1911.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.03.17
Died:	1953.04.15 († 76)

Priest of Chicago (USA) (1911.06.10 – 1934.02.10)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1934.02.10 – 1940.01.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milwaukee (USA) (1940.01.01 – 1953.04.15)

Bishop John Joseph McMahon
(1928.03.02 – 1932.12.31)

Nos novi per gratiam

Born:	1875.09.27 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1900.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.04.26
Died:	1932.12.31 († 57)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1928.03.02 – 1932.12.31)

Bishop Thomas Joseph Walsh (later Archbishop)
(1918.05.10 – 1928.03.02)

Funda nos in pace

Born:	1873.12.06 (Parker’s Landing, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1900.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.07.25
Died:	1952.06.06 († 78)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1918.05.10 – 1928.03.02)

Bishop of Newark (USA) (1928.03.02 – 1937.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) (1937.12.10 – 1952.06.06)

Bishop James Augustine McFaul
(1894.07.20 – 1917.06.16)

Gratia Dei sum id quod sum

Born:	1850.06.06 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1877.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.10.18
Died:	1917.06.16 († 67)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1894.07.20 – 1917.06.16)

Bishop Michael Joseph O’Farrell
(1881.08.11 – 1894.04.02)

Sinite parvulos venire ad me

Born:	1832.12.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1855.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.11.01
Died:	1894.04.02 († 61)

Bishop of Trenton (USA) (1881.08.11 – 1894.04.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop David Michael O’Connell, C.M. (69) (2010.06.04 – 2010.12.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Mortimer Fourette Smith (1995.11.21 – 1997.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec (1982.08.26 – 1992.10.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Charles Reiss (1967.10.21 – 1980.03.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James John Hogan (1959.11.27 – 1966.05.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Trenton, New Jersey
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold, New Jersey
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (130)

Camden (↙), Philadelphia (←), Metuchen (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,584 km²

Population: 922,900 Catholics (43.3% of 2,132,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 97 parishes

Personnel: 224 priests (192 diocesan, 32 religious), 253 deacons, 232 religious (81 brothers, 151 sisters), 10 seminarians