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St. Joseph Cathedral (Bayonne, New Jersey)

Coordinates: 40°39′49.9″N 74°07′02.4″W / 40.663861°N 74.117333°W / 40.663861; -74.117333
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St. Joseph Cathedral
The former St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
St. Joseph Cathedral (Bayonne, New Jersey) is located in Hudson County, New Jersey
St. Joseph Cathedral (Bayonne, New Jersey)
40°39′49.9″N 74°07′02.4″W / 40.663861°N 74.117333°W / 40.663861; -74.117333
Location21 E. 23rd St.
Bayonne, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyriac Catholic Church
History
StatusCathedral
Parish church
Founded2011
Architecture
Demolished2020
Administration
DioceseEparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
Clergy
Bishop(s)Most Rev. Yousif Habash
ChancellorRev. Luke Edelen, O.S.B.

St. Joseph Cathedral was a predominantly Iraqi-American Syriac Catholic cathedral located in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. It was the seat of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark.[1]

In 2011, the cathedral was established in the former St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church on Avenue E, a former parish of the Archdiocese of Newark.[2] St. Joseph Parish was founded as a Slovak parish in 1888, and the church building was completed in 1909.[3][4] As of 2018, that church building was deconsecrated, and the property became part of a planned redevelopment project.[5] St. Joseph Cathedral moved to the former St. Michael's parish property on East 23rd Street.[3][6]

The old St. Joseph church building was demolished in 2020 and will be replaced with a residential building. However the tower bells and St Joseph statue were preserved.[7] The bells were placed on the top of a bell tower across the street from City Hall and were dedicated in November 2022.[8][9]

On July 1, 2022, Pope Francis approved moving the seat of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance from St. Joseph Cathedral in Bayonne to St. Toma in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The move places the cathedral closer to the center of the Syriac Catholic population in the United States.[10]

  • The former St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
    The former St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church

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References

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  1. ^ "St. Joseph Syriac Catholic Cathedral". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  2. ^ Michael T. Dempsey (January 5, 2011). "Roman Catholic church in Bayonne will now serve Syriac Catholics". The Jersey Journal. Secaucus. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  3. ^ a b Daniel Israel (January 6, 2020). "St. Joseph's Syriac Cathedral demolished for redevelopment". Hudson Reporter. Bayonne. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  4. ^ John Gomez (January 13, 2020). "Erasure on Avenue E: Legends & Landmarks". The Jersey Journal. Secaucus. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  5. ^ Chris Fry (30 May 2018). "Two-Pronged Development Coming to Church Property on Bayonne's Avenue E". Jersey Digs. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  6. ^ "Our parishes". Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  7. ^ Teri West (January 21, 2020). "Bayonne saves historic bells from Catholic church being demolished". The Jersey Journal. Secaucus. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  8. ^ Daniel Israel (23 November 2022). "Bayonne to hold ceremony commemorating new bell and clock tower". Hudson Reporter. Bayonne. Archived from the original on 2022-11-23.
  9. ^ admin (2022-03-29). "BAYONNE'S SAINT JOSEPH BELLS ON ROAD TRIP". River View Observer. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  10. ^ Michael Stechschulte (January 10, 2023). "St. Toma Syriac Cathedral in Farmington Hills is the new spiritual epicenter for 16,000 Syriac Catholics across U.S." Detroit Catholic. Detroit. Retrieved 2023-06-09.


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