From "The Castle Genie,"
Newsletter of The Passaic County Historical Society
Genealogy Club
Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall, 1998
Following is a chronological listing of 111 parishes in the Diocese of Paterson from the oldest in 1765 to the newest in 1988 as taken from The Beacon December 1, 1997, and compiled from "Living Stones" by Fr. Raymond Kupke
Before Church Organization
1. 1765 St. Joseph, West Milford
Diocese of Baltimore
2. 1805 St. Vincent Martyr, Madison
Diocese of New York
3. 1820 St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Paterson
4. 1845 St. Mary, Dover
5. 1847 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Boonton
6. 1848 Assumption, Morristown
7. 1853 St. Joseph, Mendham
Diocese of Newark
8. 1854 Our Lady of Mercy, Whippany
9. 1854 St. Joseph, Newton
10. 1861 St. Bernard, Mount Hope
11. 1867 Immaculate Conception, Franklin
12. 1867 St. Joseph, Paterson
13. 1868 St. Nicholas, Passaic
14. 1869 St. Cecilia, Rockaway
15. 1873 St. Michael, Netcong
16. 1873 St. Mary, Paterson
17. 1874 St. Patrick, Chatham
18. 1877 St. Bonaventure, Paterson
19. 1878 St. Anthony of Padua, Butler
20. 1881 St. Monica, Sussex
21. 1881 St. Thomas of Aquin, Ogdensburg
22. 1881 St. Virgil, Morris Plains
23. 1882 Our Lady of Lourdes, Paterson
24. 1882 Our Lady of Victories, Paterson
25. 1883 Our Lady of the Holy Angels, Little Falls
26. 1883 St. Agnes, Paterson
27. 1885 St. Margaret, Morristown
28. 1886 Our Lady of the Lake, Mount Arlington
30. 1892 St. Joseph, Passaic
31. 1892 St. Mary, Passaic
32. 1897 Sacred Heart, Clifton
33. 1897 St. George, Paterson
34. 1900 Holy Trinity, Passaic
35. 1902 St. Stephen, Passaic
36. 1902 St. Michael, Paterson
37. 1903 St. Stephen, Paterson
38. 1904 Sacred Heart, Dover
39. 1905 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Passaic
40. 1905 St. Francis of Assisi, Haskell
41. 1906 St. Mary, Pompton Lakes
42. 1907 SS. Cyril and Methodius, Boonton
43. 1909 St. Anthony, Hawthorne
44. 1909 St. Anthony of Padua, Paterson
45. 1910 Our Lady Star of the Sea, Lake Hopatcong
46. 1911 Blessed Sacrament, Paterson
47. 1911 St. Casimir, Paterson
48. 1912 St. Paul, Clifton
49. 1912 St. Clare, Clifton
50. 1913 Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Clifton
51. 1913 Holy Rosary, Passaic
52. 1914 St. Jude, Budd Lake
53. 1916 Our Lady of Pompei, Paterson
54. 1917 Notre Dame of Mount Carmel, Cedar Knolls
55. 1917 St. Catherine of Bolonga, Ringwood
56. 1917 St. Anthony of Padua, Passaic
57. 1921 Our Lady Queen of Peace, Hewitt
58. 1922 St. Joseph, Lincoln Park
59. 1923 Sacred Heart, Rockaway
60. 1924 St. Paul, Prospect Park
61. 1924 St. James of the Marches, Totowa
62. 1925 Holy Cross, Wayne
63. 1926 St. Therese, Paterson
64. 1926 St. Mary, Denville
65. 1931 St. Jude, Hopatcong
66. 1933 St. John Kanty, Clifton
67. 1935 Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta
Diocese of Paterson
68. 1938 St. Peter the Apostle, Parsippany
69. 1938 St. Andrew the Apostle, Clifton
70. 1939 St. Christopher, Parsippany
71. 1941 St. Lawrence the Martyr, Chester
72. 1942 St. Simon the Apostle, Green Pond
73. 1943 St. Philip the Apostle, Clifton
74. 1943 St. Thomas the Apostle, Hainesville
75. 1943 St. James the Greater, Montague
76. 1945 St. Brendan, Clifton
77. 1946 Holy Spirit, Pequannock
78. 1949 Our Lady of Fatima, Highland Lakes
79. 1949 Our Lady of the Mountain, Schooleys Mountain
80. 1949 St. Thomas the Apostle, Milton
81. 1950 Holy Family, Florham Park
82. 1951 Our Lady Queen of Peace, Branchville
83. 1951 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Swartswood
84. 1954 Our Lady of Fatima, Passaic
85. 1956 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Wayne
86. 1956 Christ the King, New Vernon
87. 1956 St. Catherine of Siena, Mountain Lakes
88. 1957 St. Therese, Succasunna
90. 1958 St. John Vianney, Stockholm
91. 1959 St. Pius X, Montville
92. 1959 Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Dover
93. 1960 Our Lady of the Valley, Wayne
94. 1961 Our Lady of the Magnificent, Kinnelon
95. 1962 Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pompton Plains
96. 1962 St. Gerard Majella, Paterson
97. 1963 Annunciation, Wayne
98. 1963 Our Lady of Consolation, Wayne
99. 1963 St. Francis de Sales, McAfee
100. 1964 St. Clement Pope and Martyr, Rockaway Twp.
101. 1966 Corpus Christi, Chatham Township
102. 1966 St. Thomas More, Convent Station
103. 1966 St. Jude the Apostle, Hamburg
104. 1976 Good Shepherd, Andover
105. 1978 Resurrection, Randolph
106. 1982 St. Ann, Parsippany
107. 1982 St. Luke, Long Valley
108. 1985 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Flanders
109 1986 St. Mark the Evangelist, Schooleys Mountain
110. 1988 St. Matthew the Apostle, Randolph
111. 1988 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Sparta
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