New Jersey Statutes Title 16. Corporations and Associations, Religious 16 § 15-9

Any Roman Catholic diocese in this state may incorporate in the following manner:

The Roman Catholic bishop of any such diocese, the vicar-general of such diocese, or during a vacancy in such offices, the administrator of the diocese for the time being, and the chancellor of such diocese, or a majority of them, may elect two priests from the Roman 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 diocese has its principal office, for which services the secretary of state and the county clerk shall be entitled respectively to the fees provided in section 22:4-1   1 and section 22:2-19   2 of the title Fees and Costs.  Thereupon such diocese shall be a corporation by such name or title.