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{{Short description|Latin Catholic diocese of Philadelphia}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Metropolitan Archdiocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese -->
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| latin = Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Philadelphiensis
| local = <!-- Name in the native language -->
| border = Catholic
| image = Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter & Paul in Philadelphia.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_alt =
| caption = [[Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia)|Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul]] in [[Philadelphia]]
| coat =
| coat_size = 150px
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| province = [[List of Catholic bishops in the United States|Metropolitan Province of Philadelphia]]
| deaneries =
| headquarters = 222 North 17th St, [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| coordinates =
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_sqmi = 2,183
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| cathedral = [[Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul]]
| cocathedral =
| patron = {{indented plainlist|
* [[Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archphila.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Perez-Phila-explanation.pdf |title=Heraldic Achievement of Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez Tenth Archbishop of Philadelphia |date=February 14, 2020 |publisher=Archdiocese of Philadelphia |last1=Bochanski |first1=Philip G}}</ref> (Primary)
* [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] (Titular)
}}
| priests = 274
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| coadjutor =
| suffragans =
| auxiliary_bishops = {{ubl
| [[John J. McIntyre (bishop)|John J. McIntyre]] | [[Keith J. Chylinski]] | | | apostolic_admin =
| vicar_general =
| episcopal_vicar =
| judicial_vicar =
| emeritus_bishops = {{ubl
| [[Justin Rigali]] | | [[Michael J. Fitzgerald (bishop)|Michael J. Fitzgerald]] }}
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| map = Archdiocese of Philadelphia map 1.jpg
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| map_caption = Location of the
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| website = {{Official
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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia originally included all of [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Delaware]], along with seven counties and parts of three counties in [[West Jersey|New Jersey]]. The diocese was raised to an archdiocese in 1875. The seat of the [[archbishop]] is the [[Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia)|Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul]] in Philadelphia.
As of 2023, [[Nelson J. Pérez]] is the archbishop of Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roebuck |first=Jeremy |date=
== Territory ==
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===20th century===
In 1961, [[Pope John
By 1969, the archdiocese had grown to 1,351,704 parishioners, 1,096 [[secular clergy|diocesan]] [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priests]], 676 priests of [[religious institute]]s and 6,622 [[religious (Catholicism)|religious]] women.<ref name=":0" />
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==Bishops==
[[
===Bishops of Philadelphia===
# [[Michael Francis Egan]], [[Franciscan|O.F.M.]] (1808–1814)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Friend |first=Christine |title=Philadelphia's First Bishop |journal=Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center |date=February 2010 |url=http://www.pahrc.net/philadelphias-first-bishop/}}</ref> <br /> ([[Ambrose Maréchal]], P.S.S. appointed in 1816; did not take effect.)<ref name="McNeal">{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ambrose Marechal |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09651a.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>▼
# [[Henry Conwell]] (1819–1841)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Griffin |first=Martin I.J. |title=Life of Bishop Conwell of Philadelphia [part] |journal=Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia |date=1913 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=16–42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJdJAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
▲ }}</ref> <br /> ([[Ambrose Maréchal]], P.S.S. appointed in 1816; did not take effect.)<ref name="McNeal">{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ambrose Marechal |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09651a.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
# [[Francis Patrick Kenrick]] (1842–1851; [[coadjutor bishop]] 1830–1842), appointed [[Archbishop of Baltimore]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Francis and Peter Kenrick |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08618a.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
# [[John Nepomucene Neumann]] (1852–1860)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint John Neumann: Biography, Legacy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-Neumann|access-date=2021-03-15 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
# [[James Frederick Wood]] (1860–1875; coadjutor bishop 1857–1860), elevated to [[archbishop]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philadelphia |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11793b.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
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===Current auxiliary bishops===
* [[John J. McIntyre (bishop)|John J. McIntyre]] (2010–present)
* [[Keith J. Chylinski]] (2024–present)
* [[Christopher R. Cooke]] (2024–present)
* [[Efren V. Esmilla]] (2024–present)
===Former auxiliary bishops===
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*[[Joseph M. Corrigan]] (1903–1940), appointed titular bishop
*[[Joseph Thomas Daley]] (1941–1963), appointed auxiliary bishop of Harrisburg
*[[Francis Xavier DiLorenzo]] (1968–1988), appointed auxiliary bishop of Scranton<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/the-most-rev-francis-x-dilorenzo-bishop-of-the-catholic/article_8d6f856f-dced-585c-afc6-7d157289369b.html |title=The Most Rev. Francis X. DiLorenzo, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, dies at 75 |first=ELLEN ROBERTSON Richmond |last=Times-Dispatch |website=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=18 August 2017
*[[Dennis Joseph Dougherty]] (1890–1903), appointed Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines; ''appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia in 1918 (Cardinal in 1921)''
*[[Edmond John Fitzmaurice]] (1904–1925), appointed Bishop of Wilmington
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{{main|List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia}}
Circa 1912<!--a century from 2012--> there were about 68,000 students in Catholic schools within the archdiocesan territory. This increased to 250,000 in 1961, but the figures decreased after that year. Enrollment was down to 68,000 in 2012.<ref name=CampisisouthphillyCathschool>{{cite web |author=Campisi, Anthony |url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-09/news/30607918_1_catholic-school-closings-elementary-schools-annunciation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021070041/http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-09/news/30607918_1_catholic-school-closings-elementary-schools-annunciation|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-10-21 |title=Catholic school closings hit South Philadelphia especially hard |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=2012-01-09|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> There were about 50,000 students in Catholic schools in the city of Philadelphia in 2000, and this figure decreased to 30,000 in 2010. In that span one Catholic high school and 23 Catholic elementary schools closed or merged, and the proliferation of [[charter schools]] in that period meant that the number of students combined in that type of school outnumbered that of the remaining Philadelphia Catholic schools.<ref name=Tierneymiracle>{{cite web |author=Tierney, Joseph P. |url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-30/news/31006032_1_catholic-schools-catholic-grade-school-enrollment-school-vouchers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225153215/http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-30/news/31006032_1_catholic-schools-catholic-grade-school-enrollment-school-vouchers|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-12-25 |title=Catholic School Closings Need More Than A Miracle |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=2012-01-30|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>
In 2012 the archdiocese proposed closing or merging 18 schools in Philadelphia and 31<!--49-18=31--> schools outside of Philadelphia; the ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' stated this would further weaken Philadelphia's [[middle class]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-17/news/30635545_1_middle-class-school-closings-cities|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229143513/http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-17/news/30635545_1_middle-class-school-closings-cities|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-12-29 |title=School closings continue assault on city's middle class |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=2012-01-17|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> The proposal would affect 24% and 29% of the senior high and K-8 schools, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |author=O'Reilly, David |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/education/136919183.html |title=Schools panel head: Catholic school changes long overdue |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=2012-01-09|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>
===Elementary schools===
{{see also|Category:Catholic elementary schools in Philadelphia}} <small>(this category only includes schools notable enough for their own Wikipedia articles)</small>
The first [[Catholic school]] established in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was at St. Mary Parish in Philadelphia during the late eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century, Bishop Kenrick encouraged the establishment of Catholic schools. Subsequently, John Neumann (1851–1860) made the establishment of parish elementary schools a priority and by 1860 there were seventeen parish elementary schools in Philadelphia. Between 1900 and 1930, Catholic elementary schools increased to 124 schools in Philadelphia and 78 schools in the four suburban counties. Between 1945 and 1965, 62 new Catholic elementary schools were established.
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== Catholic Social Services ==
The archdiocese has had a foster care agency for more than 100 years. It sued Philadelphia after the city stopped referring foster care cases to the agency after it refused to use same-sex couples to foster children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vielmetti |first=Bruce |title=Milwaukee Archdiocese weighs in on U.S. Supreme Court case on same-sex foster parents in Philadelphia |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/06/04/milwaukee-archdiocese-files-brief-u-s-supreme-court-religion-case/3144284001/|access-date=2020-06-11 |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |language=en}}</ref> The case went to the Supreme Court with the name ''Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pa.''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/fulton-v-city-of-philadelphia-pennsylvania/ |title=Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |work=[[SCOTUSblog]] |date=19 July 2021 |accessdate=March 7, 2024}}</ref>
==Controversies==
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The Philadelphia abuses were substantially revealed through a grand jury investigation in 2005. Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali adopted the policy of laicizing those who were accused and confirmed by investigations. A second grand jury in 2011 said that as many as 37 priests were credibly accused of sexual abuse or inappropriate behavior toward minors. In 2012, a guilty plea by priest Edward Avery and the related trial and conviction of William Lynn and mistrial on charges against James J. Brennan followed from the grand jury's investigations. In 2013, Charles Engelhardt and teacher Bernard Shero were tried, convicted and sentenced to prison. Lynn was the first official to be convicted in the United States of covering up abuses by other priests in his charge and other senior church officials have been extensively criticized for their management of the issue in the archdiocese.
On March 12, 2020, a new trial date was set for Lynn, who was released in 2016 and ordered to be retried after serving 33 months of his sentence. Jury selection was to start on March 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moselle |first1=Aaron |title=Monsignor William Lynn's clergy sex abuse retrial starts in Philly next week |url=https://whyy.org/articles/msgr-lynn-on-trial-again-for-covering-up-clergy-sexual-abuse/ |website=WHYY |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200523032637/https://whyy.org/articles/msgr-lynn-on-trial-again-for-covering-up-clergy-sexual-abuse/ |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, the [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|ongoing coronavirus pandemic]] forced Lynn's retrial to be delayed until January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dale |first1=Maryclaire |title=Retrial of Ex-Philadelphia Catholic Official Delayed Over Coronavirus Concerns |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/retrial-of-ex-philly-catholic-official-delayed-over-coronavirus-concerns/2328110/ |website=NBC10 Philadelphia |date=March 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Maryclaire
On May 5, 2020, Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that it now expected to pay $126 million in reparations.<ref name=settlements?>{{cite web |last1=Brubaker |first1=Harold |title=Philly archdiocese expects to pay $126 million in priest sex-abuse reparations |url=https://www.inquirer.com/business/catholic-archdiocese-philadelphia-sex-abuse-payouts-reparations-fund-20200505.html |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 5, 2019}}</ref> The archdiocese also said its Independent Reconciliation and Reparations Program, which was established in 2018, has received a total of 615 claims, and had settled 208 of them for $43.8 million as of April 22, 2020.<ref name=settlements? /> That averages out to about $211,000 per claim, which is in line with what other dioceses have been paying under similar programs.<ref name=settlements? /> The same day, however, the total amount of money which the Archdiocese of Philadelphia expected to pay in sex abuse settlements was revised to $130 million by Archbishop of Philadelphia [[Nelson J. Perez]].<ref>{{cite web |title=OFFICE of the ARCHBISHOP |url=https://dig.abclocal.go.com/wpvi/pdf/NJP_Global-Letter_AOP-Audited-Financial-Statements-and-IRRP_05-05-2020.pdf |website=abclocal.go.com |date=May 5, 2020}}</ref> On August 14, 2020, it was revealed that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its suffragan dioceses of Pittsburgh, Allentown and Scranton were enduring the bulk of 150 new lawsuits filed against all eight Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scolforo |first1=Mark |title=2 years after grand jury report on Pa. clergy sex abuse, lawsuits roll in |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/08/2-years-after-grand-jury-report-on-pa-clergy-sex-abuse-lawsuits-roll-in.html |work=PennLive |agency=Associated Press |date=August 14, 2020 |location=Harrisburg, PA}}</ref>
On December 3, 2020, William McCandless, a member of the Wilmington-based religious order Oblates de St. Francis De Sales who was formerly assigned to DeSales University in Lehigh County, was charged in Philadelphia for possession of child pornography.<ref name=gracekellyhometowns>{{cite news |url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/12/03/rev-william-mccandless-former-desales-university-catholic-priest-adviser-to-monacos-royal-family-indicted-on-child-porn-charges/ |title=Rev. William McCandless, Former DeSales University Catholic Priest & Adviser To Monaco's Royal Family, Indicted On Child Porn Charges |first=Natasha |last=Brown |publisher=[[KYW-TV|CBS 3 Philadelphia]] |date=December 3, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> Much of McCandless' child pornography was imported from overseas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/del-priest-accused-of-collecting-child-porn-while-overseas/2620225/ |title=Del. Priest Accused of Collecting Child Porn While Overseas |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[WCAU|NBC 10 Philadelphia]] |date=December 3, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> McCandless has been ordered to remain under house arrest until the outcome of his trial.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/mccandless-william-bill-arrested-monaco-royal-family-princess-charlene-oblate-prince-albert-priest-20201203.html |title=Former adviser to Monaco's royal family and DeSales University priest charged in Philly child-porn case |first=Jeremy |last=Roebuck |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=December 3, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
===Firing of Margie Winters for same-sex marriage===
In 2015, it was reported that the school's director of religious education, Margie Winters, had been fired from the [[Waldron Mercy Academy]] after a parent had reported her directly to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for marrying her long-term lesbian partner in a civil ceremony in 2007. Winters had been upfront with school administrators at the time of her hiring and was advised to keep a low profile which she says she did. Many parents expressed anger and concern over the school's decision. Principal Nell Stetser justified the decision by arguing that "many of us accept life choices that contradict current Church teachings, but to continue as a Catholic school, Waldron Mercy must comply with those teachings." But she called for "an open and honest discussion about this and other divisive issues at the intersection of our society and our Church." The Archbishop of Philadelphia, [[Charles Chaput]], called the dismissal "common sense."<ref>{{cite news |last=Gibson |first=David |date=July 20, 2015 |title=Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S |work=Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/warren-hall-pope-francis_55ad6324e4b0caf721b39e2c |access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/archives/ |title=Archives {{!}} The Philadelphia Inquirer|website=Philadelphia Inquirer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
==Saints of Philadelphia==
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* [[List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States#Ecclesiastical province of Philadelphia|Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia]]
* [[Global organisation of the Catholic Church]]
* [[History of
* [[List of
* [[List of
* [[List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)]] (including archdioceses)
* [[List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States]]
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* [[Polish Cathedral style]]
* LT [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA#Vietnam War|Robert R. Brett]], [[Society of Mary (Marists)|S.M.]], [[United States Navy Chaplain Corps#Notable chaplains|Chaplain, USN]] – Chaplain killed during Vietnam War.
* [[
* [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia]], other Catholic archdiocese-level province based in Philadelphia
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
== Further reading ==
* {{CathEncy|title=Archdiocese of Philadelphia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11793b.htm|ref=none}}▼
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
▲* {{CathEncy|title=Archdiocese of Philadelphia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11793b.htm}}
{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia}}
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