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St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania) St. Patrick Church (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (Cowansville, Pennsylvania) St. Peter's Church (Brownsville, Pennsylvania) Saint Philomena's Church (Lansdowne) St. Thomas of Villanova Church; St. Thomas the Apostle Church (Glen Mills) St. Basil the Great ...
Restored as a church and re-opened on March 28, 2015 by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). St. Januarius 1450 Renton Rd., Plum: Part of Holy Family Parish. St. Joan of Arc 6414 Montour St., South Park Township: Part of St. Catherine Laboure Parish. St. John the Baptist 444 St John St, Plum: Part of Holy Family Parish. St. John Capistran
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 Diocese of Pittsburgh (Latin: Diœcesis Pittsburgensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. It was established on August 11, 1843.
Pro-Cathedral Church of the Incarnation (Holy Catholic Church – Anglican Rite) (not in communion with Rome) 40°26′27″N 75°20′42″W / 40.440705°N 75.34507°W / 40.440705; -75.34507 ( Pro-Cathedral Church of the Incarnation (Quakertown, Pennsylvania
The original St. Paul Church was dedicated in 1833. When the diocese was established in 1843 St. Paul Church was chosen as the cathedral. It burnt down in 1851, but was replaced with a larger building in 1855. The first two St. Paul Cathedrals were located on Grant Street downtown. [4]
After the discovery of anthracite coal in the region, Catholic immigrants started moving in to work in the mines and related industries. In 1836, the first Catholic parish in the Lehigh Valley, St. Bernard's, was erected in Easton in 1836. [5] In the Hazleton area, the first Catholic church was constructed in Beaver Meadows in 1847. [6]
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, head church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, stands on 18th Street on the east side of Logan Square, at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun to plans by the Reverend Mariano Muller and the Reverend John Tornatore and built between 1846 and 1864.