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The first St. Cyprian Church was established in 2000 when Saint Carthage and Transfiguration of Our Lord consolidated. [1] The current parish named St. Cyprian was founded in 2013 as a consolidation of six parishes in West Philadelphia: Our Lady of the Rosary (founded 1886) Our Lady of Victory (1899) Transfiguration of Our Lord (1909)
701 Gaul St, Philadelphia Founded in 1905 [123] Old St. Joseph's: 321 Willings Alley, Philadelphia Founded in 1733, current church dedicated in 1739. It is the oldest Catholic church in any urban area in the United States. [124] [125] Old St. Mary's: 248 S. 4th St, Philadelphia Founded in 1763 [126] [127] Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2319 S. 3rd St ...
Saint Cyprian Catholic Church: 525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway Saint Donato Church: 403 North 65th Street Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church: 4625 Springfield Avenue Saint Gabriel's: 2917 Dickinson Street St. Agatha – St. James Church: 3728 Chestnut Street Saint Joachim Church: 1527 Church Street Closed July 2013 : Saint Laurentius
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
Twenty-five years earlier, two Catholic parishes within about a mile of the church—St. Augustine Church, Philadelphia at 4th and Vine and St. Michael at 2nd and Jefferson—were burnt to the ground in violent anti-Catholic nativist riots. The church continued as an independent parish or as a worship site for almost 150 years until, in the ...
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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.
Joseph Mark McShea (February 22, 1907 – November 28, 1991) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Allentown in Pennsylvania from 1961 to 1983.