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Holy Trinity Church is a historic church building and former parish of the Catholic Church located in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Established in 1784, the church was a national parish for Germans and was the first national parish for any ethnicity in the United States.
Church of the Holy Trinity is an Episcopal church on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. The first service in the church building, designed by Scottish architect John Notman, was held on March 27, 1859. The corner tower was added in 1867 and was designed by George W. Hewitt of the firm of Fraser, Furness & Hewitt.
Church of the Holy Trinity: 1904 Walnut Street Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral: 3723 Chestnut Street Saint Clement's Church: 2013 Appletree Street St. James Kingsessing (Old Swedes') 6838 Woodland Avenue official website: Church of St. James the Less: 3227 West Clearfield Street Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany: 330 South 13th Street
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, when covering Pope Benedict XVI's 2008 visit to the United States, identified two historically significant national parishes: Holy Trinity Church, in Philadelphia, established in 1789 as both the first national parish in the United States and the first to serve German-speaking Catholics; and, Saint ...
In 1860, he was ordained priest, and in 1862, became rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, where he remained seven years, gaining an increasing name as a Broad churchman, [3] preacher, and patriot. In addition to his moral stature, he was a man of great physical bearing as well, standing six feet four inches (1.93 m) tall.
Floyd Williams Tomkins Jr. (New York, February 7, 1850 – Philadelphia, March 24, 1932) was an American Episcopal Priest, and Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia in Rittenhouse Square for 33 years from 1899 to his sudden death in 1932.
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