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[[Philadelphia|City and County of Philadelphia]] as well as [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks]], [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester]], [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware]], and [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]] counties in [[Pennsylvania]].
The Diocese of Philadelphia, erected on [[April 8]], [[1808]], was elevated to Archdiocese on [[February 12]], [[1875]]. It is the metropolitan see of the Province of Pennsylvania, which includes the suffigan bishopric sees of Allentown, Altoona-Johnstown, Erie, Pittsburgh, and Scranton.
The seat of the bishop is in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. It is the only metroplitan see in the United States that had two members, Bishop John Neumann and Mother Katherine Drexel, elevated to sainthood.
The following is a list of the '''Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of the Diocese and Archdiocese of Philadelphia''' (and their terms of service).
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