New Jersey § 16:16-9 Incorporation

New Jersey Statutes

§ 16:16-9 — Incorporation

New Jersey § 16:16-9

Title 16CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 16:16-9 (2026).

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Any Ruthenian Catholic diocese in this state or of the United States, of the Catholic Greek rite in the United States, may incorporate in the following manner: Any Catholic bishop appointed by the Pope of Rome to have supervision over Catholics of the Ruthenian Greek rite in the United States, or during a vacancy in such office, the administrator of any such diocese for the time being, the bishop's secretary, and the chancellor of the diocese, or a majority of them, may elect two priests from the Ruthenian Catholic priesthood of the diocese, and may, with such two priests, execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a corporation. They shall file and record the certificate in the office

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Any Ruthenian Catholic diocese in this state or of the United States, of the Catholic Greek rite in the United States, may incorporate in the following manner: Any Catholic bishop appointed by the Pope of Rome to have supervision over Catholics of the Ruthenian Greek rite in the United States, or during a vacancy in such office, the administrator of any such diocese for the time being, the bishop's secretary, and the chancellor of the diocese, or a majority of them, may elect two priests from the Ruthenian Catholic priesthood of the diocese, and may, with such two priests, execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a corporation. They shall file and record the certificate in the office of the secretary of state and a copy thereof in the office of the clerk of the county in which such diocesan corporation has its principal office, for which services the secretary of state and county clerk shall be entitled, respectively, to the fees provided in section 22:4-1 and section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the diocese shall be a corporation by the name so taken.