As of 2006, the church did not have a resident pastor.
In 1871, the church received its first resident pastor.
At first the new parish did not have a resident pastor.
In 1960, only about 3 percent of Catholic parishes had no resident pastor.
In 1979 the parish lost its resident pastor, and in 1983 the school building was torn down.
Last summer, 3,040 parishes out of 19,081 in the United States did not have resident pastors.
Due to the priest shortage, the parish does not currently have a resident pastor.
New Providence did not have a resident pastor until 1816.
The church which was built in 1954, is run by the Church board and resident pastor, who usually serves a two-year term.
Unfortunately when he was transferred the decision was to not replace him with a resident pastor.