The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey forms part of Province II of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is made up of the southern and central New Jersey counties of Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Atlantic, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May. It is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church.
The diocese originally included all of the state of New Jersey, but was divided in 1874, when the northern third of the state split off to form the Diocese of Northern New Jersey, which was later renamed to become the Diocese of Newark. The Diocese of New Jersey is the sixth-largest diocese in the Episcopal Church in terms of the number of parishes, and the eighth-largest in terms of the number of baptized communicants. It has a reputation for broad ethnic and socio-economic diversity and strong youth ministry programs.
The Diocese of New Jersey currently has a total of 161 congregations. The Diocese is under the jurisdiction of the Right Reverend George Edward Councell, Bishop of New Jersey, whose seat is at Trinity Cathedral, Trenton. The largest parish in the diocese is Trinity Church, Princeton.
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