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The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, head church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, stands on 18th Street on the east side of Logan Square, at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun to plans by the Reverend Mariano Muller and the Reverend John Tornatore and built between 1846 and 1864.
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [1] There are more than 200 churches in the archdiocese, divided for administrative purposes into four episcopal regions, each headed by an auxiliary bishop, and 12 deaneries.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic cathedral located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the seat for the Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church and School: 1008 North 48th Street Old Saint Joseph's Church: 321 Willings Alley Our Mother of Consolation Church: 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue Resurrection of Our Lord Church: 2000 Shelmire Avenue St. Adalbert in Philadelphia: 2645 E. Allegheny Avenue known as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia Saint ...
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Philadelphiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States.
Old St. Joseph's Church was founded by Joseph Greaton (1679–1753), an English Jesuit who came to Philadelphia from Maryland in 1729 to establish a mission. [1] He originally celebrated mass in his house at 321 Willings Alley.
Pro-Cathedral Church of the Incarnation (Holy Catholic Church – Anglican Rite) (not in communion with Rome) 40°26′27″N 75°20′42″W / 40.440705°N 75.34507°W / 40.440705; -75.34507 ( Pro-Cathedral Church of the Incarnation (Quakertown, Pennsylvania
In 1838, the church was designated as Philadelphia's Proto-Cathedral and the bishop took up residence in the rectory. [The previous cathedral, from 1810 to 1838, was Old St. Mary's Church at 4th and Locust Streets.] In 1844 the Nativist Riots, in which several dozen people were killed, broke out.