Editing Bayonne, New Jersey (section)

===Religion===
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]] operates Catholic churches. Two in Bayonne, Blessed Miriam [[Teresa Demjanovich]] Church and St. John Paul II Church, were formed from consolidations,<ref>{{cite web|author=Lin, Jonathan|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/consolidated_catholic_churches_in_bayonne_to_be_na.html|title=Consolidated Catholic churches in Bayonne to be named after St. John Paul II, Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich|date=September 29, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103012519/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/consolidated_catholic_churches_in_bayonne_to_be_na.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in 2016, because the number of people attending Catholic churches declined.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lin, Jonathan|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/five_bayonne_catholic_churches_to_be_consolidated.html|title=Five Bayonne Catholic parishes to be consolidated into two, says Archdiocese of Newark|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|date=September 29, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531173041/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/five_bayonne_catholic_churches_to_be_consolidated.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Demjanovich church is a merger of St. Andrew and St. Mary Star of the Sea churches, with the merged congregation keeping the two sites for worship. Reverend Alexander Santora in the ''[[Jersey Journal]]'' wrote that due to the efforts of the pastor, the Demjanovich merger "went off, however, without a hitch."<ref name=Santoramerges>{{cite web|author=Santora, Alexander|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/01/two_bayonne_churches_merge_to_face_the_future.html|title=Two Bayonne churches merge to face the future <nowiki>|</nowiki> Faith Matters|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|date=January 12, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626201238/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/01/two_bayonne_churches_merge_to_face_the_future.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Three other churches, Our Lady of the Assumption, [[Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Bayonne, New Jersey)|Our Lady of Mt. Carmel]], and St. Michael/St. Joseph, merged into John Paul II in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lin, Jonathan|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/01/bayonne_parish_celebrates_last_mass_before_closing.html|title=Bayonne parish celebrates last Mass before closing permanently|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|date=January 1, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116064340/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/01/bayonne_parish_celebrates_last_mass_before_closing.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There were unsuccessful protests to keep Assumption open,<ref>{{cite web|author=Mota, Caitlin|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/11/parishioners_of_closing_bayonne_church_march_to_st.html|title=Parishioners march to keep Bayonne church open|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|date=November 22, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005153741/https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/11/parishioners_of_closing_bayonne_church_march_to_st.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the archdiocese committed to closing that church.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lin, Jonathan|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/11/archdiocese_of_newark_says_bayonne_parish_will_sti.html|title=Archdiocese says Bayonne parish will still close despite protest|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|date=November 5, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=May 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526233337/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/11/archdiocese_of_newark_says_bayonne_parish_will_sti.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bayonne's Jewish community is served by Temple Beth Am (Reform), Temple Emanu-El (Conservative), Ohav Zedek (Orthodox), and Chabad (Orthodox).{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}