List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen

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This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. The diocese covers the New Jersey counties of Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Saint Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Metuchen, New Jersey. [1] [2]

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New Brunswick

NameImageLocationDescription/Notes
Sacred Heart56 Throop Ave, New Brunswick Church built 1883; now part of Holy Family Parish [3]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel75 Morris St, New BrunswickA national Hispanic parish [4]
St. John29 Abeel St, New BrunswickPart of Church of the Visitation Parish
St. JosephCorner of Maple and Somerset St, New BrunswickNow part of Holy Family Parish
St. Ladislaus213 Somerset St, New BrunswickNow part of Holy Family Parish
St. Mary of Mount Virgin Saint Mary of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church front.jpg 198 Sandford St, New BrunswickPart of Church of the Visitation Parish
St. Peter the Apostle Saint Peter the Apostle Church, New Brunswick, NJ.jpg 94 Somerset St, New BrunswickEstablished 1829; current church built 1854-1865 [5]

Perth Amboy/South Amboy

NameImageLocationDescription/Notes
Most Holy Name of Jesus697 Cortlandt St, Perth Amboy
Most Holy Name of Jesus777 Cortlandt St, Perth Amboy
Our Lady of Fatima380 Smith St, Perth Amboy
St. John Paul II490 State St, Perth Amboy
Sacred Heart531 Washington Ave, South Amboy
St. Mary256 Augusta St, South Amboy

Other areas

NameImageLocationDescription/Notes
St. Mary830 Fifth Ave, Alpha Established 1903 [6]
Immaculate Conception316 Old Allerton Rd, Annandale
St. Andrew244 Avenel St, Avenel
Our Lady of Victories1005 Route 519, Baptistown
St. Patrick327 Greenwich St, Belvidere
St. Jude7 Eisenhower Rd, Blairstown
Annunciation80 Main St, Bloomsbury
St. Joseph124 E Second St, Bound Brook
St. John Neumann398 County Rd 513, Califon
St. Joseph55 High St, Carteret
Divine Mercy213 Pershing Ave, Carteret
St. Magdalen de Pazzi105 Mine St, Flemington
Ss. Peter and Paul360 U.S. Hwy 46, Great Meadows
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary302 High St, Hackettstown
St. Ann ST. ANN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAMPTON, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, NJ.JPG 32 Main St, Hampton Established 1859; church built 1866-1867 [7]
Holy Trinity100 Main St, Helmetta
St. Joseph59 Main St, High Bridge
Mary, Mother of God157 S Triangle Rd, Hillsborough
St. Joseph34 Yorktown Rd, Borough of Millstone, Hillsborough
St. James the Less36 Lincoln Ave, Jamesburg
St. Augustine of Canterbury45 Henderson Rd, Kendall Park
Most Holy Redeemer133 Amboy Rd, Matawan
St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral - Metuchen 01.JPG 32 Elm Ave, Metuchen Established 1871; current neo-Gothic church built 1963 [8]
Our Lady of Mount Virgin600 Harris Ave, Middlesex
St. Edward the Confessor61 Mill St, Milford
Nativity of Our Lord185 Applegarth Rd, Monroe Township
St. Ambrose83 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge
St. Thomas the ApostleOne St. Thomas Plaza, Old Bridge
St. Rose of Lima85 Academy St, Oxford
St. Philip and St. James430 S Main St, Phillipsburg
St. Frances Cabrini208 Bound Brook Ave, Piscataway
St. Catherine of Siena2 White Bridge Rd, Pittstown
Queenship of Mary16 Dey Rd, Plainsboro
St. Theodore855 Route 57, Port Murray
St. Ann45 Anderson St, Raritan
St. Joseph16 East Somerset St, Raritan
St. Matthias168 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Somerset
Immaculate Conception35 Mountain Ave, Somerville
Our Lady of Mercy122 High St, South Bound Brook
Corpus Christi100 James St, South River
St. Mary of Ostrabrama St. Mary South River.jpg 30 Jackson St, South RiverListed on National Register of Historic Places [9]
St. Stephen Protomartyr20 William St, South River
Immaculate Conception18 South St, Spotswood
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton105 Summer Rd, Three Bridges
St. Joseph200 Carlton Ave, Washington
Our Lady of Lourdes390 County Rd 523, Whitehouse Station
St. James 148 Grenville St, Woodbridge, New Jersey Parish established 1860
Our Lady of Peace620 Amboy Ave, Edison, New Jersey, 08837Established 1919

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