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Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Archidioecesis Philadelphiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Nelson Jesus Perez, Archbishop
  • Keith James Chylinski, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Christopher Randall Cooke, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Efren Veridiano Esmilla, Auxiliary Bishop
  • John Joseph McIntyre, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop Emeritus
  • Justin Francis Rigali, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Edward Michael Deliman, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Michael Joseph Fitzgerald, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 12 February 1875
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Country: United States of America
  • Square Kilometers: 5,702 (2,202 Square Miles)
  • Description: Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties
  • Conference Region: III (NJ, PA)
  • Catholic Directory Abbreviation: PH
  • Official Web Site: https://archphila.org
  • Mailing Address: 222 North 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1299, USA
  • Telephone: (215)587-4507
  • Fax: 587-4545

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Philadelphia
8 April 1808ErectedDiocese of Baltimore Diocese of Boston (erected) (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont)
Diocese of Bardstown (erected) (States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and the Old Northwest Territory)
Diocese of New York (erected) (State of New York plus Sussex, Bergen, Morris, Essex, Somerset, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey)
Diocese of Philadelphia (erected) (Pennsylvania, Delaware, and 7 counties of New Jersey)
18 June 1834Territory AddedDiocese of Philadelphia (PA, DE, and parts of NJ (Hunterdon, Varren, Burlington, Glouester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cap May))
11 August 1843Territory LostDiocese of Philadelphia Diocese of Pittsburgh (erected) (Western Pennsylvania)
29 July 1853Territory LostArchdiocese of New York
Diocese of Philadelphia
Diocese of Newark (erected) (State of New Jersey)
3 March 1868Territory LostDiocese of Philadelphia Diocese of Harrisburg (erected)
Diocese of Scranton (erected) (Counties of Bradford, Lucerne, Wyoming, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan. Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne, and Lycoming)
3 March 1868Territory LostArchdiocese of Baltimore
Diocese of Philadelphia
Diocese of Wilmington (erected) (Delaware plus Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchster, Somerset, and Worcester Counties in Maryland and Northampton and Accomac Counties in Virginia)
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
12 February 1875ElevatedDiocese of Philadelphia Archdiocese of Philadelphia
28 January 1961Territory LostArchdiocese of Philadelphia (Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill) Diocese of Allentown (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
1910525,0002,712,70819.4%474108582902892,565ce
19501,058,0583,721,78628.4%1,2216721,8935588286,819398ap1951
19661,346,0953,813,00035.3%1,0756891,7647631,1496,324312ap1967
19701,352,6333,901,00034.7%1,0046661,6708091,0086,534316ap1971
19761,377,4693,901,00035.3%1,0026121,6148539486,053311ap1977
19801,379,1683,602,49538.3%9625531,51591018765,884307ap1981
19901,402,7533,961,02235.4%8904891,3791,017957134,638302ap1991
19991,411,2563,217,00043.9%7964191,2151,1611571413,873287ap2000
20001,418,5753,708,22638.3%7694041,1731,2091735483,764286ap2001
20011,430,1613,707,23838.6%7584071,1651,2271905503,711283ap2002
20021,488,3163,849,64738.7%7413921,1331,3131975303,547282ap2003
20031,494,8833,861,64838.7%7173661,0831,3802125113,428282ap2004
20041,486,0583,872,78338.4%7063721,0781,3782135033,366279ap2005
20101,464,9383,892,19437.6%6193699881,4822344812,763267ap2011
20131,489,0004,070,00036.6%5733579301,6012734722,617257ap2014
20161,438,1474,079,58335.3%5513148651,6622954162,407219ap2017
20191,437,4004,119,26834.9%4952647591,8932993882,149217ap2020
20211,265,9604,134,98530.6%4772687451,6993043512,088214ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Philadelphia
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 305
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 452
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 170
  • Archdiocese of Philadelphia
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 298

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