Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Philadelphia (English) / Filadelfia (Italiano) / Philadelphien(sis) Latinorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Allentown, Altoona–Johnstown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Scranton

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1808.04.08: Established as Diocese of Philadelphia (English) / Filadelfia (Italiano) / Philadelphien(sis) Latinorum (Latin) (from Diocese of Baltimore and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1843.08.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Pittsburgh
1853.07.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Newark
1868.03.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Harrisburg, Diocese of Scranton and Diocese of Wilmington
1875.02.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia (English) / Filadelfia (Italiano) / Philadelphien(sis) Latinorum (Latin) (with suffragan sees Erie, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton)
1876.01.11: Gained suffragan see Allegheny
1889.07.01: Lost suffragan see Allegheny
1901.05.30: Gained suffragan see Altoona
1951.03.10: Gained suffragan see Greensburg
1961.01.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Allentown and gained suffragan see Allentown

Contact Info

Address: 222 North 17th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-1299, USA

Phone: +1 (215) 587-3600

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.01.23 – ...):	Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez (63)
Auxiliary Bishop (2010.06.08 – ...):	Bishop John Joseph McIntyre (61) Titular Bishop of Bononia
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.12.08 – ...):	Bishop Keith James Chylinski (53) Titular Bishop of Gunela
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.12.08 – ...):	Bishop Christopher Randall Cooke (51) Titular Bishop of Malliana
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.12.08 – ...):	Bishop Efren Veridiano Esmilla (62) Titular Bishop of Ottana

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Philadelphia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez (63)
(2020.01.23 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA)

Confide et spera

Born:	1961.06.16 (Miami, FL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.07.25

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1989.05.20 – 2012.06.08)

Titular Bishop of Catrum (2012.06.08 – 2017.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2012.06.08 – 2017.07.11)

Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (2017.07.11 – 2020.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2020.01.23 – ...)

Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (80)
(2011.07.19 – 2020.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA)

As Christ loved the Church

Born:	1944.09.26 (Concordia, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.07.26

Bishop of Rapid City (USA) (1988.04.11 – 1997.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (USA) (1997.03.18 – 2011.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2011.07.19 – 2020.01.23)

Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali (89)
(2003.07.15 – 2011.07.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA)

Verbum caro factum est

Born:	1935.04.19 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.09.14
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21

Priest of Los Angeles (USA) (1961.04.25 – 1985.06.08)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1967.07.11 – 1980.04.19)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1980.04.19 – 1985.06.08)

President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1985.06.08 – 1989.12.21)

Titular Archbishop of Bolsena (1985.06.08 – 1994.01.25)

Secretary of Congregation for Bishops (1989.12.21 – 1994.01.25)

Secretary of College of Cardinals (1990.01.02 – 1994.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1994.01.25 – 2003.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (2003.07.15 – 2011.07.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (2003.10.21 [2004.05.09] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Scranton (USA) (2009.08.31 – 2010.02.23)

Cardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua
(1988.02.11 – 2003.07.15)

Ecclesia mater nostra

Born:	1923.06.17 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.11.24
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28
Died:	2012.01.31 (Wynnewood, PA, USA † 88)

Priest of Brooklyn (USA) (1949.06.11 – 1980.02.11)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1976.01.23 – 1980.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (USA) (1980.02.11 – 1983.10.10)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Byzacena (1980.10.04 – 1983.10.10)

Bishop of Pittsburgh (USA) (1983.10.10 – 1988.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1988.02.11 – 2003.07.15)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Redentore e S. Alfonso in Via Merulana (1991.06.28 – 2012.01.31)

Cardinal John Joseph Krol
(1961.02.11 – 1988.02.11)

Deus rex meus

Born:	1910.10.26 (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1937.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.09.02
Created Cardinal:	1967.06.26
Died:	1996.03.03 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 85)

Priest of Cleveland (USA) (1937.02.20 – 1953.07.11)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1945 – 1951)

Domestic Prelate (1951 – 1953.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Cadi (1953.07.11 – 1961.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (1953.07.11 – 1961.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1961.02.11 – 1988.02.11)

Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions (1962 – 1967)

Vice-President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1966 – 1971)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1996.03.03)

President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1971 – 1974)

Cardinal John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C.
(1951.11.28 – 1960.08.28)

Non devias ipsa sequens

Born:	1888.05.01 (Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1916.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.01.15
Created Cardinal:	1958.12.15
Died:	1960.08.28 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 72)

Titular Bishop of Mylasa (1939.12.11 – 1945.03.10)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1945.03.10 – 1951.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1951.11.28 – 1960.08.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1958.12.18 – 1960.08.28)

Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty
(1918.05.01 – 1951.05.31)

Crucis in signo vinces

Born:	1865.08.16 (Honesville, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.06.14
Created Cardinal:	1921.03.07
Died:	1951.05.31 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 85)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1890.05.31 – 1903.06.12)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1903.06.12 – 1908.06.21)

Bishop of Jaro (Philippines) (1908.06.21 – 1915.12.09)

Bishop of Buffalo (USA) (1915.12.09 – 1918.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1918.05.01 – 1951.05.31)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1921.03.10 – 1951.05.31)

Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast
(1911.05.27 – 1918.02.27)

Quis separabit

Born:	1843.05.03 (Clonmel, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1865.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.02.24
Died:	1918.02.27 († 74)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1865.11.17 – 1896.12.05)

Titular Bishop of Scillium (1896.12.05 – 1911.05.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1896.12.05 – 1911.05.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia (USA) (1911.02 – 1911.05.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1911.05.27 – 1918.02.27)

Bishop Edmond Francis Prendergast (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1911.02 – 1911.05.27)

Archbishop Patrick John Ryan
(1884.06.08 – 1911.02.11)

Born:	1831.02.20 (Cloneyharp, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1852.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.04.14
Died:	1911.02.11 († 79)

Priest of Saint Louis (USA) (1852.09.08 – 1872.02.15)

Titular Archbishop of Tricomia (1872.02.15 – 1884.01.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA) (1872.02.15 – 1884.06.08)

Titular Archbishop of Salamis postea Constantia (1884.01.06 – 1884.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1884.06.08 – 1911.02.11)

Archbishop James Frederick Bryan Wood
(1875.02.12 – 1883.06.20)

Born:	1813.04.27 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1844.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.04.26
Died:	1883.06.20 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 70)

Priest of Cincinnati (USA) (1844.03.25 – 1857.01.09)

Titular Bishop of Antigonea (1857.01.09 – 1860.01.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1857.01.09 – 1860.01.05)

Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1860.01.05 – 1875.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1875.02.12 – 1883.06.20)

Bishops of Philadelphia (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Frederick Bryan Wood (later Archbishop)
(1860.01.05 – 1875.02.12)

(see above)

Saint Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R.
(1852.02.05 – 1860.01.05)

Passio Christi conforta me

Born:	1811.03.28 (Prachatitz, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:	1836.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.03.28
Died:	1860.01.05 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 48)
Beatified:	1963.10.13
Canonised:	1977.06.19
Feast:	01.05

Priest of New York (USA) (1836.06.25 – 1842.01.16)

Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1852.02.05 – 1860.01.05)

Bishop and religious of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists).

Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick (later Archbishop)
(1842.04.22 – 1851.08.19)

Gloria Deo pax hominibus

Born:	1796.12.03 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1821.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1830.06.06
Died:	1863.07.08 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 66)

Titular Bishop of Arathia (1830.02.25 – 1842.04.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1830.02.25 – 1842.04.22)

Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1842.04.22 – 1851.08.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA) (1851.08.19 – 1863.07.08)

Bishop Henry Conwell
(1819.11.26 – 1842.04.22)

Born:	1748 (Ballyriff, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1776.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.09.24
Died:	1842.04.22 († 93)

Priest of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1776.11 – 1819.11.26)

Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1819.11.26 – 1842.04.22)

Bishop Michael Francis Egan, O.F.M. Rec.
(1808.04.08 – 1814.07.22)

Born:	1761.09.29 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1785
Consecrated Bishop:	1810.10.28
Died:	1814.07.22 († 52)

Bishop of Philadelphia (USA) (1808.04.08 – 1814.07.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Frederick Bryan Wood (later Archbishop) (1857.01.09 – 1860.01.05)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick (later Archbishop) (1830.02.25 – 1842.04.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Michael Deliman (77) (2016.05.31 – 2022.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Joseph Fitzgerald (76) (2010.06.22 – 2023.05.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Timothy Christian Senior (64) (2009.06.08 – 2023.04.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas (65) (2006.06.08 – 2014.08.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Patrick McFadden (2004.06.08 – 2010.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Robert Cistone (2004.06.08 – 2009.05.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge (67) (2002.06.21 – 2006.06.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis (1996.01.24 – 2010.06.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Francis Martino (78) (1996.01.24 – 2003.07.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Peter Cullen (1994.02.08 – 1997.12.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Anthony DeSimone (1981.06.27 – 1997.04.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Bible Schulte (later Archbishop) (1981.06.27 – 1985.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes (1976.06.14 – 1986.12.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh (1970.02.18 – 1974.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martin Nicholas Lohmuller (1970.02.12 – 1994.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Graham (1963.11.25 – 1988.11.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt (1962.06.22 – 1980.09.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis James Furey (later Archbishop) (1960.08.17 – 1963.07.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin (1960.08.17 – 1961.04.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Mark McShea (1952.02.08 – 1961.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick (1947.01.11 – 1960.06.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb (1935.12.15 – 1951.05.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara (later Archbishop) (1929.04.26 – 1935.11.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Joseph Crane (1921.08.20 – 1928.12.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph McCort (1912.06.28 – 1920.01.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edmond Francis Prendergast (later Archbishop) (1896.12.05 – 1911.05.27)