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In 1961, Pope John XXIII erected the Diocese of Allentown, taking several northern counties from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [6] By 1969, the archdiocese had grown to 1,351,704 parishioners, 1,096 diocesan priests, 676 priests of religious institutes and 6,622 religious women. [3]
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.
Fr. Frank Pavone, [208] National Director of Priests for Life. Fr. Ralph S. Pfau, [209] First priest to join Alcoholics Anonymous. Fr. Michael Pfleger, [210] Activist and subject of the book Radical Disciple – Father. Pfleger, St. Sabina Church, and the Fight for Social Justice.
At the time of his arrest, Garcia was the first priest whom Philadelphia authorities charged with sexual misconduct since the conclusion of a 2011 grand jury investigation that led to prosecutions of five area priests and the archdiocese's former secretary for clergy, Msgr. William J. Lynn. [43]
The list, initially published in 2017 by the archdiocese under Archbishop John C. Wester, includes the names of living and dead priests and other members of the Catholic clergy deemed by the ...
Efren Veridiano Esmilla (born June 18, 1962) is a Filipino-born priest of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania since 2023.
The case of Fr. Gerard W. Chambers illustrates the fact, clearly established by evidence before the Grand Jury, that the Philadelphia Archdiocese had a longstanding policy of transferring sexually abusive priests from parish to parish in order to avoid disclosure and scandal--never mind all the children thereby endangered and abused.