St. Mary's (German) Roman Catholic Church

Newark Abbey Church

528 Martin Luther King Boulevard 07102
Phone: (973) 792-5793, Fax: (973) 643-6922

1841 - Present

1922

Additional images: 1874 map, ~1910, 2003

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was organized in 1841. Work on the church at Grand and Court Streets began in 1841 with the first mass being celebrated on January 31, 1842. On September 5, 1854 the church was ransacked by marchers of the American Protestant Association Lodge of New Jersey during a parade, destroying its organ, chairs and doors. An Irish onlooker was killed by gunshots during the fight. In 1857 the church building was put on rollers and moved to the site on High Street. It was dedicated on December 20, 1857. The parish school was founded in 1863. On December 19, 1884 the church was raised to an abbey.

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INFORMATION

Reverend	From	To
Nicholas Balleis	1841	1855
Martin Hasslinger	1855	1855
Valentine Felder	1856	1857
Rupert Seidenbusch	1857	1857
Oswald Moosmuller	1867	1871
Romanus Hill	1868	1871
Bruno Reiss	1870	1872
Bernardine Dolwick	1870	1874
William Walter	1870	1874
Mellitus Tritz	1873	1877
P. Leonard Mayer	1871	May 18, 1875 (Death)
L. Kettner	1874	1877
Alphonse Heimler	1875	1877
P. Bernard Manzer	1875	June 17, 1882 (Death)
Cortrinian Gastbihl	1877	1881
William Walter	1882	1883
Gerard Pilz	1882	1885
James Zilliox	February 11, 1885	October, 1886
Cornelius Eckl	1887	1889
Polycarp Scherer	1890,1897	1894, aft 1900
Hilary Pfraengie	November 16, 1886
Alexander	1897
Maurus	1897

Address	From	To
Grand Street c. Court Street	1842	December 20, 1857
261 High Street	December 20, 1857	1869
526, 528, 532 High Street (number change from above)	1870

Information	Starting Year	Ending Year	LDS Microfilm #
Baptism, Marriage, Death	1842	1857	1398595
Baptisms	1858	1908	1398595
Marriages	1858	1927	1398595
Marriages	1927	1939	1398596
Deaths	1858	1937	1398596
Confirmations/Communions	1858	1944	1398596
Baptisms (Ivy Hill)	1908	1928	1398596

ARCHIVE INFORMATION

http://www.newarkabbey.org/abbey/docs/archives.htm