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2050 E. Walnut Ln, Philadelphia Founded in 1928, current church dedicated in 1955 [115] St. Raymond of Penafort 1350 E. Vernon Rd, Philadelphia Founded in 1941, current church dedicated in 1948 [116] St. Vincent de Paul 109 E. Price St, Philadelphia Founded in 1851, current church dedicated in 1859 [117] St. Hilary of Poitiers 820 Susquehanna ...
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)
St. Veronica 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. The Parish of Saint Veronica was organized in 1872 for the predominantly Irish emigrants living in North ...
People's Baptist Church 5039 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia City of Praise Baptist Church: 1648 West Hunting Park Avenue St. Andrews Fellowship Baptist Church: 4910 Wayne Avenue Smith Chapel Baptist Church 1828 Ridge Avenue Tacony Baptist Church 4715 Disston Street HABS PA-6692-C: Transfiguration Baptist Church 3732 Fairmount Avenue
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia; St. William Parish (Lawncrest) This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 11:38 (UTC). Text ...
View of the churchyard at St. Michael's Church. The initial church was destroyed in the Nativist Riots of 1844. The unrest began when the Catholic Bishop Francis Kenrick petitioned the Public School Board to allow use of the Douay-Rheims (Catholic) translation of the Bible by Catholic students, instead of forcing them to use the Authorized (King James/Protestant) Version as did other students.
By the 1780s, half of Philadelphia's Catholic population was German, and they asked permission of John Carroll, the Apostolic Prefect of the United States, to build their own church. [1] Holy Trinity Church was founded in 1784 by German-speaking Catholics, [ 2 ] and in 1788, Carroll authorized it as a national parish for Germans. [ 1 ]
As the first Roman Catholic parish in Philadelphia west of the Schuylkil River, St. Agatha-St. James Church is the mother church of West Philadelphia. Originally, a small church dedicated to St James the Greater was constructed in an open field at 38th and Chestnut Streets (then known as Mary and James Streets), but with the rapid influx of ...