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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.
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.
Leadership within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia envisioned a continued comprehensive education for secondary students. The first free Catholic high school in the United States was the "Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia", founded for the education of boys in 1890. (It is often referred to as "Roman Catholic", occasionally as "Catholic ...
The Church of Saint Veronica (commonly known as St. Veronica Church, or Saint Veronica's) 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.
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 .
New Cathedral Cemetery is a historic Catholic cemetery established by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1868 in the Franklinville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the second of 12 diocesan cemeteries established in the Philadelphia area.
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.
On May 20, 2006, Cooke was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Cardinal Justin Rigali at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. [4] The archdiocese assigned Cooke as a parochial vicar at the following parishes in Pennsylvania: St. Eleanor in Collegeville (2006 to 2008) St. Martin of Tours ...