Philadelphia (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

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

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

Diocese of Philadelphia
- Latin Name: Philadelphiensis
- Erected: 8 April 1808
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Baltimore
- State: Pennsylvania
- Country: United States of America

Past and Present Ordinaries

Michael Francis Egan, O.F.M. Rec. † (8 Apr 1808 Appointed - 22 Jul 1814 Died)
Adolphus Louis Barth de Walbach † (29 Jul 1814 Appointed - 26 Nov 1820 Ceased)
Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (26 Jan 1816 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Adolphus Louis Barth de Walbach † (3 Oct 1817 Appointed - 11 Nov 1818 Resigned)
Henry Conwell † (26 Nov 1819 Appointed - 22 Apr 1842 Died)
Francis Patrick Kenrick † (22 Apr 1842 Succeeded - 19 Aug 1851 Appointed, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland)
St. John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R. † (13 Feb 1852 Appointed - 5 Jan 1860 Died)
James Frederick Bryan Wood † (5 Jan 1860 Succeeded - 20 Jun 1883 Died)
Patrick John Ryan † (8 Jul 1884 Appointed - 11 Feb 1911 Died)
Edmond Francis Prendergast † (29 May 1911 Appointed - 26 Feb 1918 Died)
Dennis Joseph Dougherty † (1 May 1918 Appointed - 31 May 1951 Died)
John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † (23 Nov 1951 Appointed - 28 Aug 1960 Died)
John Joseph Krol † (11 Feb 1961 Appointed - 11 Feb 1988 Resigned)
Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † (8 Dec 1987 Appointed - 15 Jul 2003 Retired)
Justin Francis Rigali (15 Jul 2003 Appointed - 19 Jul 2011 Retired)
Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (19 Jul 2011 Appointed - 23 Jan 2020 Retired)
Nelson Jesus Perez (23 Jan 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Philadelphia
8 April 1808	Erected	Diocese 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 1834	Territory Added		Diocese of Philadelphia (PA, DE, and parts of NJ (Hunterdon, Varren, Burlington, Glouester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cap May))
11 August 1843	Territory Lost	Diocese of Philadelphia	Diocese of Pittsburgh (erected) (Western Pennsylvania)
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of New York Diocese of Philadelphia	Diocese of Newark (erected) (State of New Jersey)
3 March 1868	Territory Lost	Diocese 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 1868	Territory Lost	Archdiocese 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 1875	Elevated	Diocese of Philadelphia	Archdiocese of Philadelphia
28 January 1961	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Schuylkill)	Diocese of Allentown (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Philadelphia

1910 525,000 2,712,708 19.4% 474 108 582 902 89 2,565 ce

1950 1,058,058 3,721,786 28.4% 1,221 672 1,893 558 828 6,819 398 ap1951

1966 1,346,095 3,813,000 35.3% 1,075 689 1,764 763 1,149 6,324 312 ap1967

1970 1,352,633 3,901,000 34.7% 1,004 666 1,670 809 1,008 6,534 316 ap1971

1976 1,377,469 3,901,000 35.3% 1,002 612 1,614 853 948 6,053 311 ap1977

1980 1,379,168 3,602,495 38.3% 962 553 1,515 910 1 876 5,884 307 ap1981

1990 1,402,753 3,961,022 35.4% 890 489 1,379 1,017 95 713 4,638 302 ap1991

1999 1,411,256 3,217,000 43.9% 796 419 1,215 1,161 157 141 3,873 287 ap2000

2000 1,418,575 3,708,226 38.3% 769 404 1,173 1,209 173 548 3,764 286 ap2001

2001 1,430,161 3,707,238 38.6% 758 407 1,165 1,227 190 550 3,711 283 ap2002

2002 1,488,316 3,849,647 38.7% 741 392 1,133 1,313 197 530 3,547 282 ap2003

2003 1,494,883 3,861,648 38.7% 717 366 1,083 1,380 212 511 3,428 282 ap2004

2004 1,486,058 3,872,783 38.4% 706 372 1,078 1,378 213 503 3,366 279 ap2005

2010 1,464,938 3,892,194 37.6% 619 369 988 1,482 234 481 2,763 267 ap2011

2013 1,489,000 4,070,000 36.6% 573 357 930 1,601 273 472 2,617 257 ap2014

2016 1,438,147 4,079,583 35.3% 551 314 865 1,662 295 416 2,407 219 ap2017

2019 1,437,400 4,119,268 34.9% 495 264 759 1,893 299 388 2,149 217 ap2020

2021 1,265,960 4,134,985 30.6% 477 268 745 1,699 304 351 2,088 214 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
1910	525,000	2,712,708	19.4%	474	108	582	902		89	2,565		ce
1950	1,058,058	3,721,786	28.4%	1,221	672	1,893	558		828	6,819	398	ap1951
1966	1,346,095	3,813,000	35.3%	1,075	689	1,764	763		1,149	6,324	312	ap1967
1970	1,352,633	3,901,000	34.7%	1,004	666	1,670	809		1,008	6,534	316	ap1971
1976	1,377,469	3,901,000	35.3%	1,002	612	1,614	853		948	6,053	311	ap1977
1980	1,379,168	3,602,495	38.3%	962	553	1,515	910	1	876	5,884	307	ap1981
1990	1,402,753	3,961,022	35.4%	890	489	1,379	1,017	95	713	4,638	302	ap1991
1999	1,411,256	3,217,000	43.9%	796	419	1,215	1,161	157	141	3,873	287	ap2000
2000	1,418,575	3,708,226	38.3%	769	404	1,173	1,209	173	548	3,764	286	ap2001
2001	1,430,161	3,707,238	38.6%	758	407	1,165	1,227	190	550	3,711	283	ap2002
2002	1,488,316	3,849,647	38.7%	741	392	1,133	1,313	197	530	3,547	282	ap2003
2003	1,494,883	3,861,648	38.7%	717	366	1,083	1,380	212	511	3,428	282	ap2004
2004	1,486,058	3,872,783	38.4%	706	372	1,078	1,378	213	503	3,366	279	ap2005
2010	1,464,938	3,892,194	37.6%	619	369	988	1,482	234	481	2,763	267	ap2011
2013	1,489,000	4,070,000	36.6%	573	357	930	1,601	273	472	2,617	257	ap2014
2016	1,438,147	4,079,583	35.3%	551	314	865	1,662	295	416	2,407	219	ap2017
2019	1,437,400	4,119,268	34.9%	495	264	759	1,893	299	388	2,149	217	ap2020
2021	1,265,960	4,134,985	30.6%	477	268	745	1,699	304	351	2,088	214	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Edward Joseph Adams (Priest: 16 May 1970 to 24 Aug 1996)
Herbert Armstrong Bevard (Priest: 20 May 1972 to 7 Jul 2008)
Michael Joseph Bransfield (Priest: 15 May 1971 to 9 Dec 2004)
Michael Francis Burbidge (Priest: 19 May 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 2002 to 8 Jun 2006)
Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (Archbishop: 19 Jul 2011 to 23 Jan 2020)
Keith James Chylinski (Priest: 19 May 2007; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Dec 2023)
Joseph Lawrence Coffey (Priest: 18 May 1996 to 22 Jan 2019)
Christopher Randall Cooke (Priest: 20 May 2006; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Dec 2023)
Edward Michael Deliman (Priest: 19 May 1973; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 May 2016 to 13 May 2022)
Efren Veridiano Esmilla (Priest: 15 May 1993; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Dec 2023)
Michael Joseph Fitzgerald (Priest: 17 May 1980; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 2010 to 24 May 2023)
Ronald William Gainer
Gregory William Gordon
James Patrick Green (Priest: 15 May 1976 to 17 Aug 2006)
Joseph Edward Kurtz
Francis Ignatius Malone
Joseph Francis Martino (Priest: 18 Dec 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1996 to 25 Jul 2003)
John Joseph McIntyre (Priest: 16 May 1992; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 2010)
David Michael O’Connell, C.M.
Joseph Anthony Pepe (Priest: 16 May 1970 to 6 Apr 2001)
Nelson Jesus Perez (Priest: 20 May 1989 to 8 Jun 2012; Archbishop: 23 Jan 2020 - )
Kevin Carl Rhoades
Justin Francis Rigali (Archbishop: 15 Jul 2003 to 19 Jul 2011)
Timothy Christian Senior (Priest: 18 May 1985; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 2009 to 25 Apr 2023)
Daniel Edward Thomas (Priest: 18 May 1985; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 2006 to 26 Aug 2014)
William John Waltersheid

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Adolphus Louis Barth de Walbach † (Administrator: 29 Jul 1814 to 26 Nov 1820; Bishop: 3 Oct 1817 to 11 Nov 1818)
Cletus Joseph Benjamin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Aug 1960 to 15 May 1961)
Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua † (Archbishop: 8 Dec 1987 to 15 Jul 2003; Apostolic Administrator: 15 Jul 2003 to 7 Oct 2003)
Francis John Brennan † (Priest: 3 Apr 1920 to 1 Aug 1940)
James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. †
Edwin Vincent Byrne † (Priest: 22 May 1915 to 23 Jun 1925)
George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. † (Priest: 20 Dec 1827 to 1835)
James Jordan Carroll † (Priest: 15 Jun 1889 to 20 Oct 1908)
Hubert James Cartwright † (Priest: 11 Jun 1927 to 3 Aug 1956)
Joseph Robert Cistone † (Priest: 17 May 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 2004 to 20 May 2009)
Henry Conwell † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1819 to 22 Apr 1842)
Joseph Moran Corrigan † (Priest: 6 Jun 1903 to 3 Feb 1940)
Henry Cosgrove †
Michael Joseph Crane † (Priest: 15 Jun 1889; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Aug 1921 to 26 Dec 1928)
Edward Peter Cullen † (Deacon: 23 Sep 1961; Priest: 19 May 1962; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1994 to 16 Dec 1997)
Joseph Thomas Daley † (Priest: 7 Jun 1941 to 25 Nov 1963)
Louis Anthony DeSimone † (Priest: 10 May 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1981 to 5 Apr 1997)
Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † (Priest: 18 May 1968 to 26 Jan 1988)
Dennis Joseph Dougherty † (Priest: 31 May 1890 to 12 Jun 1903; Archbishop: 1 May 1918 to 31 May 1951)
Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †
Michael Francis Egan, O.F.M. Rec. † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1808 to 22 Jul 1814)
Edmond John Fitzmaurice † (Priest: 28 May 1904 to 24 Jul 1925)
John Edmund Fitzmaurice † (Priest: 21 Dec 1862 to 14 Dec 1897)
John Patrick Foley † (Deacon: 23 Sep 1961; Priest: 19 May 1962 to 5 Apr 1984)
Francis James Furey † (Priest: 15 Mar 1930; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Aug 1960 to 21 Jul 1963)
Joseph Anthony Galante † (Priest: 16 May 1964 to 13 Oct 1992)
Victor Benito Galeone †
Francis Xavier Gartland † (Priest: 5 Aug 1832 to 23 Jul 1850)
Eugene Augustine Garvey †
Daniel James Gercke † (Priest: 1 Jun 1901 to 21 Jun 1923)
John Joseph Graham † (Priest: 26 Feb 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Nov 1963 to 8 Nov 1988)
Thomas Heyden † (Priest: 21 May 1821 to 11 Aug 1843)
James John Hogan †
John Frederick Ignatius Horstmann † (Priest: 10 Jun 1865 to 14 Dec 1891)
Edward Thomas Hughes † (Priest: 31 May 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 1976 to 11 Dec 1986)
John Joseph Hughes † (Priest: 15 Oct 1826 to 8 Aug 1837)
Francis Edward Hyland † (Priest: 11 Jun 1927 to 15 Oct 1949)
Thomas Francis Kennedy † (Priest: 24 Jul 1887 to 16 Dec 1907)
Francis Patrick Kenrick † (Coadjutor Bishop: 25 Feb 1830; Bishop: 22 Apr 1842 to 19 Aug 1851)
John Joseph Krol † (Archbishop: 11 Feb 1961 to 11 Feb 1988)
Hugh Louis Lamb † (Priest: 29 May 1915; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1935 to 28 May 1951)
Martin Nicholas Lohmuller † (Priest: 3 Jun 1944; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1970 to 11 Oct 1994)
Robert Patrick Maginnis † (Priest: 13 May 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1996 to 8 Jun 2010)
Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1816 - Did Not Take Effect)
Thomas Aloysius McBride, M.M. †
James Paul McCloskey † (Priest: 17 Dec 1898 to 5 Feb 1917)
Joseph Carroll McCormick † (Priest: 10 Jul 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1947 to 25 Jun 1960)
John Joseph McCort † (Priest: 14 Oct 1883; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jun 1912 to 27 Jan 1920)
Gerald Vincent McDevitt † (Priest: 30 May 1942; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1962 to 29 Sep 1980)
Philip Richard McDevitt † (Priest: 14 Jul 1885 to 10 Jul 1916)
Thomas Joseph McDonough † (Priest: 26 May 1938 to 10 Mar 1947)
Joseph Patrick McFadden † (Priest: 16 May 1981; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 2004 to 22 Jun 2010)
John McGill †
Thomas McGovern † (Priest: 27 Dec 1861 to 9 Jan 1888)
Eugene Joseph McGuinness † (Priest: 22 May 1915 to 13 Oct 1937)
Joseph Mark McShea † (Priest: 6 Dec 1931; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1952 to 11 Feb 1961)
John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. †
St. John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R. † (Bishop: 13 Feb 1852 to 5 Jan 1860)
John Joseph O’Connor † (Priest: 15 Dec 1945 to 24 Apr 1979)
Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † (Priest: 3 Apr 1920; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Apr 1929 to 16 Nov 1935)
John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. † (Archbishop: 23 Nov 1951 to 28 Aug 1960)
William O’Hara † (Priest: 21 Dec 1842 to 3 Mar 1868)
Edmond Francis Prendergast † (Priest: 17 Nov 1865; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Dec 1896; Archbishop: 29 May 1911 to 26 Feb 1918)
Patrick John Ryan † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1884 to 11 Feb 1911)
James Louis Schad †
Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. †
Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †
Lawrence Frederik Schott †
Francis Bible Schulte † (Priest: 10 May 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1981 to 4 Jun 1985)
Jeremiah Francis Shanahan † (Priest: 3 Jul 1859 to 3 Mar 1868)
John Walter Shanahan † (Priest: 2 Jan 1869 to 7 Jan 1899)
David Bernard Thompson † (Priest: 27 May 1950 to 28 Jan 1961)
Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †
Thomas Jerome Welsh † (Priest: 30 May 1946; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Feb 1970 to 4 Jun 1974)
James Frederick Bryan Wood † (Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Jan 1857; Bishop: 5 Jan 1860; Archbishop: 12 Feb 1875 to 20 Jun 1883)

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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