Immaculate Heart of Mary (Spanish)

About this parish

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Spanish) is a Catholic parish in Newark, New Jersey, rooted in the faith of Hispanic immigrants who first gathered in the 1920s. Originally established as Saint Joseph’s Spanish-Portuguese Parish in 1926 in the Ironbound section, it became a Spanish parish and was renamed Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1966. The parish offers daily and Sunday Masses and has been served by Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular from Mallorca. It stands as a spiritual home for Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Archdiocese of Newark.

The parish traces its origins to the early Spanish-speaking Catholic presence in northern New Jersey during the 1920s, when immigrants from northern Spain gathered for Mass at Saint Patrick’s Church in Elizabeth. In 1926 the Diocese of Newark established Saint Joseph’s Spanish-Portuguese Parish in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood to serve both Spanish and Portuguese immigrants. After the creation of a separate Portuguese parish, Our Lady of Fatima, in 1956, Saint Joseph’s became a Spanish-only parish and was renamed Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1966. For many years it was served by Third Order Regular Franciscans from the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Founded

1926

Patron

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Spanish) is a Catholic parish in Newark, New Jersey, part of the Newark.