was against the Archdiocese of Newark by Michael Reading, an ordained who alleged he sexually abused by McCarrick in 1986, the year McCarrick ordained him as a priest. Reading also claimed that as a boy, he was sexually abused in 1978 by Father Edward Eilert, a priest employed by the Archdiocese of Newark. Present day As of 2021, the Archdiocese of Newark serves approximately 1.3 million Catholics in 212 parishes throughout the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union. Jersey Catholic is the archdiocesan newspaper. The Catholic Committee on Scouting (CCOS) for the Archdiocese of Newark offers support for Catholic Scouting Units chartered with Archdiocesan Parishes and Schools. Churches Bishops Bishops of Newark James Roosevelt Bayley (1853–1872), appointed Archbishop of Baltimore Michael Corrigan (1873–1880), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of New York and subsequently succeeded to that see Winand Wigger (1881–1901) John J. O'Connor (1901–1927) Thomas J. Walsh (1928–1937), elevated to archbishop Archbishops of Newark Thomas J. Walsh (1937–1952) Thomas Aloysius Boland (1953–1974) Peter Leo Gerety (1974–1986) Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1986–2000), appointed Archbishop of Washington John J. Myers (2001–2016) - Bernard Hebda (coadjutor archbishop 2013–2016; concurrently Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis 2015–2016), appointed Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. (2017–present) Current auxiliary bishops Manuel Aurelio Cruz (2008–present) Elias R. Lorenzo, OSB (2020–present) Michael A. Saporito (2020–present) Gregory J. Studerus (2020–present) Former auxiliary bishops Thomas H. McLaughlin (1935–1937), appointed Bishop of Paterson William A. Griffin (1938–1940), appointed Bishop of Trenton Thomas Aloysius Boland (1940–1947), appointed Bishop of Paterson and later Archbishop of Newark Justin J. McCarthy (1954–1957), appointed Bishop of Camden Martin Walter Stanton (1957–1972) Joseph Arthur Costello (1963–1978) John Joseph Dougherty (1963–1982) Jerome Arthur Pechillo, TOR (1976–1991) Joseph Abel Francis, SVD (1976–1995) Robert Francis Garner (1976–1995) Dominic Anthony Marconi (1976–2002) David Arias Pérez, OAR (1983–2004) James T. McHugh (1987–1989), appointed Bishop of Camden and later Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Rockville Centre John Mortimer Smith (1988–1991), appointed Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee and later Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Trenton Michael Saltarelli (1990–1995), appointed Bishop of Wilmington Charles James McDonnell (1994–2004) Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (1996–1999), appointed Bishop of Camden and later Bishop of Brooklyn Paul Gregory Bootkoski (1997–2002), appointed Bishop of Metuchen Arthur Serratelli (2000–2004), appointed Bishop of Paterson Edgar Moreira da Cunha, SDV (2003–2014), appointed Bishop of Fall River Gaetano Aldo Donato (2004–2015) John Walter Flesey (2004–2017) Other priests of this diocese who