ABOUT US
The Diocese of Camden serves 486,368 Catholics
living in Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Counties. The Diocese serves the South Jersey community through faith, education and social services. There are 62 parishes in the six counties comprising the Diocese.
Bishop Dennis Sullivan, the eighth bishop of Camden, was installed on Feb. 12, 2013.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.
Bishop’s Message
Catholics who lived in New Jersey were the responsibility of the Diocese of Baltimore until 1808 when South Jersey passed under the authority of the new Bishop of Philadelphia.
Diocese History
A glass factory, established in 1740 on Alloway Creek in Salem County, was the nucleus for four families who became New Jersey’s first regular Catholic mission center.