St. Joseph Cathedral (Bayonne, New Jersey)

St. Joseph Cathedral is a predominantly Iraqi-American Syriac Catholic cathedral located in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. It is 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 desacralized, 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]

St. Joseph Cathedral
40°39′49.9″N 74°07′02.4″W
Location21 E. 23rd St.
Bayonne, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
DenominationSyriac Catholic
History
StatusCathedral/Parish church
Founded2011
Specifications
Administration
DioceseEparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark
Clergy
Bishop(s)Most Rev. Yousif Habash
ChancellorRev. Luke Edelen, O.S.B.

See also

References
  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. 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. "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.
Cathedral church on Avenue E
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