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In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the suffragan dioceses of Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Bardstown, Kentucky, from the territory of the Diocese of Baltimore. [4] The pope appointed Reverend Michael Francis Egan as the first bishop of Philadelphia.
On April 8, 1808, Pope Pius VII granted Carroll's request, erecting four new sees in the United States and elevating Baltimore to an archdiocese. Among the new sees was the Diocese of Philadelphia, which included the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware as well as the western and southern parts of New Jersey. [18]
In April 1808, Pope Pius VII elevated the Diocese of Baltimore into the Archdiocese of Baltimore, making it the first archdiocese in the United States. [35] The pope divided the nation into four suffragan dioceses under the new archdiocese: The Diocese of Boston, covering New England; The Diocese of New York, covering New York and part of New ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Cathedral Cemetery, also known as Old Cathedral Cemetery, is a historic Catholic cemetery established by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1849 in the Mills Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the first of 12 diocesan cemeteries established in the Philadelphia area.
Felix-Joseph Barbelin, (30 May 1808 – 9 June 1869) [1] called the "Apostle of Philadelphia", was a 19th-century Jesuit priest influential in the development of the Catholic community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
In 1808, Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Philadelphia, covering all of Pennsylvania. [5] As the Catholic population grew in Pennsylvania in the 19th century, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1843 to cover the northwestern part of the state.