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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia covers five Pennsylvania counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia. It is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia. The archdiocese includes the following suffragan dioceses :
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.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
Leadership within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia envisioned a continued comprehensive education for secondary students. The first free Catholic high school in the United States was the "Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia", founded for the education of boys in 1890. (It is often referred to as "Roman Catholic", occasionally as "Catholic ...
Chancel c. 1903, prior to addition of the apse Basilica interior Basilica dome. With its grand façade, vaulted dome, ornate main altar, eight side chapels and main sanctuary that comfortably holds 2,000 worshippers, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is the largest brownstone structure and one of the most architecturally notable structures in the city of Philadelphia.
Holy Cross Cemetery is an active cemetery owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia located in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.Established in 1890, Holy Cross was operated by the Archdiocese until 2014 when it turned over the care of its 13 cemeteries to StoneMor Inc. [1] [2]
St. Adalbert in Philadelphia: 2645 East Allegheny Avenue Known as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia Saint Augustine Church: 243 North Lawrence Street Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholid Church 902 South 20th Street Saint Cyprian Catholic Church: 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway Saint Donato Church: 403 North 65th Street
St. Donato Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia) St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls; Saint Katharine Drexel Mission Center and Shrine; St. Laurentius Parish, Philadelphia; Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia; St. Basil the Great, Kimberton