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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.
Nativity BVM Roman Catholic Church: 2535 East Allegheny Avenue 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
Saint Anne Church (Philadelphia) St. Augustine Church (Philadelphia) St. Donato Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia) St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia; St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Manayunk; St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) St Nicholas of Tolentine, Philadelphia; St. Agatha ...
St. Veronica is an active Catholic Church and Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia in the Franklinville neighborhood. [1] The church, school and rectory are located on the northeast corner of 6th and W. Tioga Streets. The Parish of Saint Veronica was organized in 1872 for the predominantly Irish emigrants living in North ...
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.
The first Catholic church in Philadelphia was Saint Joseph's, which was built in 1733. As the Catholic Church grew, a new church called Saint Mary's was built in 1763; it became Philadelphia's first cathedral in 1810. As the Catholic Church continued to grow, Saint John the Evangelist was made the cathedral in 1838 when a larger church was needed.
Altar in the lower church at Saint John's, seen through a glass panel etched with Alpha/Omega symbols. One of the more active parishes in Philadelphia, St. John's offers Sunday Masses at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (along with a Saturday evening Vigil Mass at 5:15 p.m.) in the upper church.
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its cornerstone laid in 1907, [1] the Guastavino tiled dome of the de Sales parish has been an icon in its neighborhood.