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]
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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Sacred Heart | 56 Throop Ave, New Brunswick | Church built 1883; now part of Holy Family Parish [3] | |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 75 Morris St, New Brunswick | A national Hispanic parish [4] | |
St. John | 29 Abeel St, New Brunswick | Part of Church of the Visitation Parish | |
St. Joseph | Corner of Maple and Somerset St, New Brunswick | Now part of Holy Family Parish | |
St. Ladislaus | 213 Somerset St, New Brunswick | Now part of Holy Family Parish | |
St. Mary of Mount Virgin | ![]() | 198 Sandford St, New Brunswick | Part of Church of the Visitation Parish |
St. Peter the Apostle | ![]() | 94 Somerset St, New Brunswick | Established 1829; current church built 1854-1865 [5] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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Most Holy Name of Jesus | 697 Cortlandt St, Perth Amboy | ||
Most Holy Name of Jesus | 777 Cortlandt St, Perth Amboy | ||
Our Lady of Fatima | 380 Smith St, Perth Amboy | ||
St. John Paul II | 490 State St, Perth Amboy | ||
Sacred Heart | 531 Washington Ave, South Amboy | ||
St. Mary | 256 Augusta St, South Amboy |
Name | Image | Location | Description/Notes |
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St. Mary | 830 Fifth Ave, Alpha | Established 1903 [6] | |
Immaculate Conception | 316 Old Allerton Rd, Annandale | ||
St. Andrew | 244 Avenel St, Avenel | ||
Our Lady of Victories | 1005 Route 519, Baptistown | ||
St. Patrick | 327 Greenwich St, Belvidere | ||
St. Jude | 7 Eisenhower Rd, Blairstown | ||
Annunciation | 80 Main St, Bloomsbury | ||
St. Joseph | 124 E Second St, Bound Brook | ||
St. John Neumann | 398 County Rd 513, Califon | ||
St. Joseph | 55 High St, Carteret | ||
Divine Mercy | 213 Pershing Ave, Carteret | ||
St. Magdalen de Pazzi | 105 Mine St, Flemington | ||
Ss. Peter and Paul | 360 U.S. Hwy 46, Great Meadows | ||
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 302 High St, Hackettstown | ||
St. Ann | | 32 Main St, Hampton | Established 1859; church built 1866-1867 [7] |
Holy Trinity | 100 Main St, Helmetta | ||
St. Joseph | 59 Main St, High Bridge | ||
Mary, Mother of God | 157 S Triangle Rd, Hillsborough | ||
St. Joseph | 34 Yorktown Rd, Borough of Millstone, Hillsborough | ||
St. James the Less | 36 Lincoln Ave, Jamesburg | ||
St. Augustine of Canterbury | 45 Henderson Rd, Kendall Park | ||
Most Holy Redeemer | 133 Amboy Rd, Matawan | ||
St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral | | 32 Elm Ave, Metuchen | Established 1871; current neo-Gothic church built 1963 [8] |
Our Lady of Mount Virgin | 600 Harris Ave, Middlesex | ||
St. Edward the Confessor | 61 Mill St, Milford | ||
Nativity of Our Lord | 185 Applegarth Rd, Monroe Township | ||
St. Ambrose | 83 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge | ||
St. Thomas the Apostle | One St. Thomas Plaza, Old Bridge | ||
St. Rose of Lima | 85 Academy St, Oxford | ||
St. Philip and St. James | 430 S Main St, Phillipsburg | ||
St. Frances Cabrini | 208 Bound Brook Ave, Piscataway | ||
St. Catherine of Siena | 2 White Bridge Rd, Pittstown | ||
Queenship of Mary | 16 Dey Rd, Plainsboro | ||
St. Theodore | 855 Route 57, Port Murray | ||
St. Ann | 45 Anderson St, Raritan | ||
St. Joseph | 16 East Somerset St, Raritan | ||
St. Matthias | 168 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Somerset | ||
Immaculate Conception | 35 Mountain Ave, Somerville | ||
Our Lady of Mercy | 122 High St, South Bound Brook | ||
Corpus Christi | 100 James St, South River | ||
St. Mary of Ostrabrama | ![]() | 30 Jackson St, South River | Listed on National Register of Historic Places [9] |
St. Stephen Protomartyr | 20 William St, South River | ||
Immaculate Conception | 18 South St, Spotswood | ||
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | 105 Summer Rd, Three Bridges | ||
St. Joseph | 200 Carlton Ave, Washington | ||
Our Lady of Lourdes | 390 County Rd 523, Whitehouse Station | ||
St. James | 148 Grenville St, Woodbridge, New Jersey | Parish established 1860 | |
Our Lady of Peace | 620 Amboy Ave, Edison, New Jersey, 08837 | Established 1919 |
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