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[[File:St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|373x373px|[[St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral]]]]
 
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During the 17th century, the governmentsBritish ofgovernment thedivided newpresent Britishday New Jersey into separate Provincesprovinces of [[East Jersey]] and [[West Jersey]]. were hostileEast towardJersey, Catholicswhich incovered theirarea territoriesbelonging to the present Archdiocese of Newark, was hostile toward Catholics. The first priests to venture into East Jersey were the Reverends Harvey and Gage, the chaplains of the Catholic governor of New York, [[Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick|Thomas Dongan]]. Starting in 1672, the priests made a few trips to [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge]] and [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabethtown]] to the few Catholics there. Some of these early Catholics were French immigrants who were employed at salt works.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: New Jersey |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10790a.htm |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
 
InHowever, in 1674, William Douglass was arrested in Elizabethtown and banished tofrom NewEast EnglandJersey because he was a Catholic. In 1668, he had won a seat in the firstEast Jersey provincial assembly, but was denied entryhis seat due to his religion.<ref name=":3" /> East Jersey in 1698 granted religious toleration to all Christian faiths except Catholicism. The British Government combined East Jersey and West Jersey in 1702 into the [[Province of New Jersey]].
 
In West Jersey, the governor was John Tatham, a Quaker convert to Catholicism, appointed in 1690. There were no anti-Catholic laws in West Jersey during his tenure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Villanova Digital Library - John and Elizabeth Tatham of Burlington, N.J., A.D. 1681-1700. Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. Volume VI. Pages 61-135. [1]. :: Digital Library@Villanova University |url=https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:211237#?c=&m=&s=&cv=9&xywh=-2515,0,7150,3398 |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=digital.library.villanova.edu}}</ref>The British Government combine East Jersey and West Jersey in 1702 into the [[Province of New Jersey]].
 
During the 18th century, Father Robert Harding and [[Ferdinand Steinmeyer|Ferdinand Farmer]] from Philadelphia traveled across the Province of New Jersey, ministering to Catholics at Mount Hope, Macopin, [[Basking Ridge, New Jersey|Basking Ridge]], Trenton and [[Ringwood, New Jersey|Ringwood]]. The settlement of Macopin was founded by German Catholics sometime during this period.<ref name="tmeehan">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10779c.htm Meehan, Thomas. "Newark." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 15 September 2021{{PD-notice}}</ref>
 
The French envoy [[François Barbé-Marbois]], writing from Philadelphia in 1785, estimated the Catholic population in the new States of New York and New Jersey at approximately 1700, with over half of them living in New Jersey. Many French refugees from the [[Haitian Revolution]] had settled in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] and Elizabeth. Fathers Vianney, Tissorant, and Malou traveled to New Jersey from [[St. Peter's Church (Manhattan)|St. Peter's Parish]] in New York City to provide ministry. The opening of mines, furnaces, glass works, and other industries attracted more Catholic immigrants to New Jersey.<ref name="tmeehan" />
=== 1780 to 1789 ===
In early 1780, during the [[American Revolution]], the Spanish envoy Don [[Juan de Miralles]] died suddenly at [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]]. His Catholic funeral service was attended by General [[George Washington]] and other officers of the [[Continental Army]]. Later in May, members of the [[Continental Congress]] attended a [[Requiem|requiem mass]] for de Miralles at [[St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)|St. Mary's Church]] in Philadelphia.<ref name="Griffin1907">{{cite book |last1=Griffin |first1=Martin Ignatius Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzUSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298 |title=Catholics and the American Revolution |publisher=M.I.J. Griffin |year=1907 |isbn=978-0-524-03153-7 |volume=1 |page=298}}</ref>
 
The French envoy [[François Barbé-Marbois]], writing from Philadelphia in 1785, estimated the Catholic population in the new States of New York and New Jersey at approximately 1700, with over half of them living in New Jersey. Many French refugees from the [[Haitian Revolution]] had settled in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]] and Elizabeth. Fathers Vianney, Tissorant, and Malou traveled to New Jersey from [[St. Peter's Church (Manhattan)|St. Peter's Parish]] in New York City to provide ministry. The opening of mines, furnaces, glass works, and other industries attracted more Catholic immigrants to New Jersey.<ref name="tmeehan" />
 
=== 1789 to 1853 ===
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* [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex]], Bergen, [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris]], Essex, [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]], Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey became part of the Diocese of New York
* The rest of New Jersey became part of the Diocese of Philadelphia.<ref name="tmeehan" />
St. John’s Parish, founded in 1826, was the first parish in Newark.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-28 |title=Chronology of Parishes |url=https://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/history-archives/chronology-parishes |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=Archdiocese of Newark |language=en}}</ref>In Jersey City, Saint Peter's Church was dedicated in 1831. Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, the first parish in Elizabeth, was started in 1844. Our Lady of Grace Parish was started in Hoboken in 1851.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph - Historical Timeline |url=https://www.olghoboken.com/index.php/our-parish/historical-timeline |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.olghoboken.com}}</ref>
 
The first parish founded in New Jersey was St. Francis in [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], established in 1814. The missionary Reverend Philip Larisey visited [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] around 1821. In [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], the first mass was celebrated by Reverend [[John Power (Vicar-General for New York)|John Power]] in 1825. In [[Paulus Hook]], the first mass was celebrated in 1830. The first church in Macopin was built in 1829.
 
=== 1853 to 1937 ===
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{{see also|List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark}}
 
==== High schools ====
 
===== Bergen County =====
*[[Academy of the Holy Angels]] – Demarest
* [[Bergen Catholic High School]] – Oradell
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* [[St. Mary High School (Rutherford, New Jersey)|St. Mary High School]] – Rutherford
 
===== Essex County =====
*[[Christ the King Preparatory School (New Jersey)|Christ the King Preparatory School]] – Newark (Closed 2020)
* [[Immaculate Conception High School (Montclair, New Jersey)|Immaculate Conception High School]] – Montclair
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* [[Seton Hall Preparatory School]] – West Orange
 
===== Hudson County =====
* [[Holy Family Academy (Bayonne, New Jersey)|Holy Family Academy]] – Bayonne (closed)
* [[Hudson Catholic Regional High School]] – Jersey City
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: * Alternative school financially independent of archdiocese.
 
===== Union County =====
* [[Benedictine Academy]] – Elizabeth (closed 2020)
* [[Mother Seton Regional High School]] – Clark
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* Guardian Angel Parish – [[Allendale, New Jersey|Allendale]]
* St. John Paul II Parish – Bayonne
* Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish – [[Bayonne]]
* St. Henry Parish – Bayonne
* St. Vincent de Paul Parish – Bayonne
* St. Peter Parish – [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]]
* St. John the Evangelist Parish – Bergenfield
* Little Flower Parish – [[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey|Berkeley Heights]]
* Sacred Heart Parish – Bloomfield
* St. Thomas the Apostle Parish – [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]]
* St. Valentine Parish – Bloomfield
* St. Joseph Parish – [[Bogota, New Jersey|Bogota]]
* St. Aloysius Parish – Caldwell
* St. Catherine of Siena Parish – [[Cedar Grove, New Jersey|Cedar Grove]]
* St. Agnes Parish – Clark
* Epiphany Parish – Clark
* St. Mary Parish – [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]]
* St. Michael Parish – Cranford
* St. Therese of Lisieux Parish – [[Cresskill, New Jersey|Cresskill]]
* St. Joseph Parish – Demarest
* St. Mary Parish – [[Dumont, New Jersey|Dumont]]
* St. Anthony Parish – [[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]]
* Holy Name of Jesus Parish – [[East Orange, New Jersey|East Orange]]
* Holy Spirit/O.L.Help of Christians Parish – East Orange
* St. Joseph Parish – East Orange
* St. Joseph Parish – [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]]
* Holy Rosary Parish – [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]]
* St. Anthony of Padua Parish – Elizabeth
* St. Genevieve Parish – Elizabeth
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* Our Lady of Fatima Parish – Elizabeth
* St. Adalbert/Ss. Peter & Paul Parish – Elizabeth
* St. Leo Parish – [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]]
* Assumption Parish – Emerson
* St. Cecilia Parish – [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]]
* St. Anne Parish – Fair Lawn
* St. Thomas More Parish – Fairfield
* Our Lady of Grace Parish – [[Fairview, New Jersey|Fairview]]
* St. John the Baptist Parish – Fairview
* Holy Trinity Parish – Fort Lee
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* Most Holy Name Parish – Garfield
* Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish – Garfield
* St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish – [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]]
* Church of St. Anne – Garwood
* St. Catharine Parish – Glen Rock
* Holy Trinity Parish – [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]]
* Immaculate Conception Parish – Hackensack
* St. Francis of Assisi Parish – Hackensack
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* Holy Cross Parish – Harrison
* Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish – Harrison
* Corpus Christi Parish – [[Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey|Hasbrouck Heights]]
* Sacred Heart Parish – Haworth
* St. John the Baptist Parish – Hillsdale
* Christ the King Parish – Hillside
* St. Catherine of Siena Parish – [[Hillside, New Jersey|Hillside]]
* St. Luke Parish – Ho Ho Kus
* Our Lady of Grace/St. Joseph Parish – [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]
* St. Ann Parish – Hoboken
* St. Francis of Assisi Parish – Hoboken
* SS Peter & Paul Parish – Hoboken
* Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish – [[Irvington, New York|Irvington]]
* St. Leo Parish – Irvington
* Good Shepherd Parish – Irvington
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* Our Lady of Victories Parish – Jersey City
* St. Aloysius Parish – Jersey City
* Our Lady of Sorrows Parish – [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]]
* St. Cecilia Parish – Kearny
* St. Stephen Parish – Kearny