Cities

Camden

United States

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Camden." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/cities/camden-new-jersey.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Camden. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/cities/camden-new-jersey

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-camden,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Camden},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/cities/camden-new-jersey},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Camden is a city in southern New Jersey, on the Delaware River across from Philadelphia, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.

Facts

Origins

Founded

Settled in 1681 by the Quaker William Cooper on the tract he called Pyne Point across the Delaware from Philadelphia; laid out as a town by his descendant Jacob Cooper in 1773 and named for Charles Pratt, Earl Camden. 1

Attributions

Traditionthe subject's own account

Roman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Camden, erected on 9 December 1937 when Pope Pius XI separated it from the Diocese of Trenton to serve six counties of southern New Jersey. 2

Traditions

Sacred and Liturgical Languagesthe subject's own account

English in ordinary parish worship, with Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite alongside the vernacular. 3

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Diocese of Camden Chapter 11 Settlement

Source Diocese of Camden Chapter 11 Plan Confirmed by U.S. Bankruptcy Court

New Jersey

The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalogue of His Library of Manuscripts

This source names Camden directly: "scholarly edition, published for the Camden Society, of John Dee's private diary and the catalogue of his manuscript library, a documentary edition prepared by an independent antiquarian scholar..."

Source The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalogue of His Library of ManuscriptsJohn Dee, edited by James Orchard Halliwell

United States

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)

Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source

2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae

Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account

3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source

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