New Jersey diocese suppresses Traditional Latin Mass

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New Jersey diocese suppresses Traditional Latin Mass
Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams of the Diocese of Camden has not renewed the indult
for a Traditional Latin Mass in Northfield, New Jersey.



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Jul 10, 2026
(LifeSiteNews) — A Traditional Latin Mass in New Jersey has been suppressed after the retirement of a priest who offered the TLM.

Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams of the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, has decided not to renew the indult (permission) to continue the Traditional Latin Mass that was offered at St. Gianna Beretta Molla parish in Northfield, according to a recent report.

LifeSiteNews confirmed that the last TLM at St. Gianna was held Sunday, June 28, just before the retirement of Father Anthony J. Manuppella. According to several parishioners, the priest who has taken over as an administrator knows how to say the TLM, but lacking permission to offer it, is instead offering Novus Ordo Masses in Latin, ad orientem, at noon on Sundays.

The parish does not disclose its noon Masses on its website, reportedly after Fr. Manuppella was “chastised by the chancery for publicizing the noon Latin Mass on the parish website site and in the bulletin.”

A Responsa issued by Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, to clarify question about Pope Francis’ Latin Mass-crushing Traditionis Custodes stated that TLMs are not to be advertised in parish Mass schedules. [...]