This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral-Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul. There are more than 200 churches in the archdiocese, divided for administrative purposes into four episcopal regions, each headed by an auxiliary bishop, and 12 deaneries. The Archbishop of Philadelphia has general oversight of the whole archdiocese.[2]
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Pius X | 220 Lawrence Rd, Broomall | Founded 1955.[3][4] | |
Sacred Heart | 316 E Broadway Ave, Clifton Heights | Polish parish, founded 1910.[5][6] | |
St. Joseph | 500 Woodlawn Ave, Collingdale | Founded 1916.[7][8] | |
Blessed Virgin Mary | 1101 Main St, Darby | Founded 1913.[9][10] | |
St. Laurence | 8245 West Chester Pk, Upper Darby | Founded 1917.[11][12] | |
St. Andrew the Apostle | 3500 School Ln, Drexel Hill | Founded 1916.[13][14] | |
St. Bernadette of Lourdes | 1035 Turner Ave, Drexel Hill | Founded 1947.[15][16] | |
St. Charles Borromeo | 3422 Dennison Ave, Drexel Hill | Founded 1849.[17][18] | |
St. Dorothy | 4910 Township Line Rd, Drexel Hill | Founded 1947.[19][20] | |
Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary | 401 Brookline Blvd, Havertown | Founded 1927.[21][22] | |
Sacred Heart | 110 N Manoa Rd, Havertown | Founded 1927.[23][24] | |
St. Denis | 2401 St Denis Ln, Havertown | Founded 1825.[25][26] | |
St. Philomena | 41 E Baltimore Ave, Lansdowne | Founded 1898.[27][28] | |
St. Cyril of Alexandria | 153 Penn Blvd, East Lansdowne | Founded 1928, now closed.[29] | |
St. Eugene | 200 S Oak Ave, Primos | Founded 1948.[30][31] | |
Holy Cross | 651 E Springfield Rd, Springfield | Founded 1948.[32][33] | |
St. Francis of Assisi | 136 Saxer Ave, Springfield | Founded 1923.[34][35] | |
St. Kevin | 240 W Sproul Rd, Springfield | Founded 1955.[36][37] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Colman | Ardmore | ||
St. Joseph | Aston | ||
St. John Fisher | Boothwyn | ||
Our Lady of Charity | Brookhaven | ||
Our Mother of Good Counsel | Bryn Mawr | ||
St. John Neumann | Bryn Mawr | ||
St. Katharine Drexel | Chester | ||
St. George | Glenolden | ||
St. Thomas the Apostle | Glen Mills | ||
St. Francis de Sales | Lenni | ||
Nativity B.V.M. | Media | ||
St. Mary Magdalen | Media | ||
Our Lady of Peace | Milmont Park | ||
Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Morton | ||
St. Anastasia | Newtown Square | ||
St. Gabriel | Norwood | ||
St. Madeline | Ridley Park | ||
Our Lady of Fatima | Secane | ||
St. Thomas of Villanova Church | Villanova | Completed in 1887, serves as the church St. Thomas of Villanova parish and for Villanova University. It is the center of Augustinian activity in the United States. | |
St. John Chrysostom | Wallingford | ||
St. Katharine of Siena | Wayne | Established in 1895 by mostly poor Irish immigrants after developers in Wayne offered each Christian denomination a parcel of land. In 1916, the first St. Katharine's school opened with 168 students.[38] | |
St. Rose of Lima | Eddystone |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother | Avondale | ||
St. Rocco (Hispanic) | Avondale | ||
St. Cornelius | Chadds Ford | ||
Our Lady of the Rosary | Coatesville | ||
St. Joseph | Coatesville | ||
St. Patrick | Kennett Square | ||
Sacred Heart | Oxford | ||
Our Lady of Consolation | Parkesburg | ||
St. Peter | West Brandywine | ||
St. Agnes | West Chester | ||
St. Maximilian Kolbe | West Chester | ||
SS. Peter and Paul | West Chester | ||
SS. Simon and Jude | West Chester | ||
Assumption B.V.M. | West Grove |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Monica | Berwyn | ||
St. Joseph | Downingtown | ||
SS. Philip and James | Exton | ||
St. Basil the Great | Kimberton | ||
St. Patrick | Malvern | ||
St. Norbert | Paoli | ||
St. Ann | Phoenixville | ||
St. Mary of the Assumption | Phoenixville | ||
St. Thomas More | South Coventry | ||
St. Joseph | Spring City | ||
Our Lady of the Assumption | Strafford | Italian | |
St. Elizabeth | Upper Uwchlan | ||
St. Isaac Jogues | Wayne |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Helena | 1489 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell | Founded 1919 | |
St. Eleanor | 647 Locust St, Collegeville | Founded 1911 | |
St. Paul | 2007 New Hope St, East Norriton Township | Founded 1963 | |
St. Maria Goretti | 1601 Derstine Rd, Hatfield | Founded 1953 | |
Corpus Christi | 900 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale | Founded 1964 | |
St. Stanislaus | 51 Lansdale Ave, Lansdale | Founded 1876 | |
Holy Saviour | 409 E Main St, Norristown | Italian, founded 1903 | |
St. Francis of Assisi | 600 Hamilton St, Norristown | Founded 1923 | |
St. Patrick | 714 DeKalb St, Norristown | Founded 1835 | |
St. Teresa of Avila | 1260 S Trooper Rd, Norristown | Founded 1918 | |
St. Titus | 3000 Keenwood Rd, Norristown | Founded 1962 | |
Visitation B.V.M. | 196 N Trooper Rd, Norristown | Founded 1954 | |
Mary, Mother of the Redeemer | 1325 Upper State Rd, North Wales | Founded 1987 | |
St. Rose of Lima | 424 S Main St, North Wales | Founded 1919 | |
St. Philip Neri | 1325 Klinerd Rd, Pennsburg | Founded 1919 | |
Epiphany of Our Lord | 3050 Walton Rd, Plymouth Meeting | Founded 1957 | |
St. Aloysius | 844 N. Keim St, Pottstown | Founded 1856 | |
Sacred Heart | 838 Walnut St, Royersford | Founded 1973 | |
St. Mary | 40 Spring Mount Rd, Schwenksville | Founded 1926 | |
St. Teresa of Calcutta | 256 Swamp Pike, Schwenksville | Founded 2006 | |
St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother | 127 E Howard St, Stowe | Founded 1929 |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Matthias | 128 Bryn Mawr Ave, Bala Cynwyd | Founded 1906 | |
St. Mary's Quasi-Parish | 140 W. Hector St, Conshohocken | ||
St. Matthew | 219 Fayette St, Conshohocken | Founded 1851 | |
St. John Baptist Vianney | 350 Conshohocken State Rd, Gladwyne | Founded 1927 | |
Mother of Divine Providence | 333 Allendale Rd, King of Prussia | Founded 1954 | |
St. Margaret | 210-212 N Narberth Ave, Narberth | Founded 1900 | |
Holy Family | 236 Hermitage St, Philadelphia | Found 1885 | |
Immaculate Heart of Mary | 819 E Cathedral Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1952 | |
St. Bridget | 3673 Midvale Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1853 | |
St. John the Baptist | 119 Rector St, Philadelphia | Founded 1831 | |
Sacred Heart | 120 Jefferson St, Swedesburg | Founded 1907 | |
Presentation B.V.M. | 204 Haverford Rd, Wynnewood | Founded 1954 |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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Our Lady Help of Christians | 1500 Marian Rd, Abington | Founded 1953.[39][40] | |
St. Anthony of Padua | 259 Forest Ave, Ambler | Founded 1886.[41][42] | |
St. Joseph | 16 S Spring Garden St, Ambler | Founded 1920.[43][44] | |
Queen of Peace | 820 North Hills Ave, Ardsley | Founded 1954.[45][46] | |
St. James | 8320 Brookside Rd, Elkins Park | Founded 1923.[47][48] | |
St. Genevieve | 1225 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown | Founded 1953.[49][50] | |
St. Luke the Evangelist | 2316 Fairhill Ave, Glenside | Founded 1905.[51][52] | |
St. Catherine of Siena | 321 Witmer Rd, Horsham | Founded 1963.[53][54] | |
St. Albert the Great | 212 Welsh Rd, Huntingdon Valley | Founded 1962.[55][56] | |
Immaculate Conception B.V.M. | 602 West Ave, Jenkintown | Founded 1866.[57][58] | |
St. Philip Neri | 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill | Founded 1945.[59][60] | |
St. Alphonsus | 33 Conwell Dr, Maple Glen | Founded 1963.[61][62] | |
Holy Martyrs | 120 Allison Rd, Oreland | Founded 1949.[63][64] | |
Holy Cross | 140 E Mt Airy Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1890.[65][66] | |
Our Mother of Consolation | 9 E Chestnut Hill Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1855.[67][68] | |
St. Athanasius | 2050 E Walnut Ln, Philadelphia | Founded 1928.[69][70] | |
St. Raymond of Penafort | 1350 E Vernon Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1941.[71][72] | |
St. Vincent de Paul | 109 E Price St, Philadelphia | Founded 1851.[73][74] | |
St. Hilary of Poitiers | 820 Susquehanna Rd, Rydal | Founded 1962.[75][76] | |
St. David | 316 Easton Rd, Willow Grove | Founded 1919.[77][78] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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Annunciation B.V.M. | 1511 S 10th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1860. Merged with St. Rita of Cascia in 2016.[79][80] | |
Epiphany of Our Lord | 1121 Jackson St, Philadelphia | Founded 1889.[81][82] | |
Holy Name of Jesus | 701 Gaul St, Philadelphia | Founded 1905.[83][84] | |
Immaculate Conception | 1020 N Front St, Philadelphia | Founded 1869. Merged into St. Michael 2011. Closed permanently in October 2019.[85] | |
Old St. Joseph's | 321 Willings Alley, Philadelphia | Founded 1733.[86][87] | |
Old St. Mary's | 248 S. 4th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1763.[88][89] | |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 2319 S 3rd St, Philadelphia | Founded 1896.[90][91] | |
Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1404 S 3rd St, Philadelphia | Founded 1871.[92][93] | |
St. Agnes-St. John Nepomucene | 4th and Brown Sts, Philadelphia | Serves Slovak community. St. Agnes founded 1907, built 1910–11; St. John Nepomucene founded 1902; merged 1980.[94][95] | |
St. Augustine | 250 N 4th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1796.[96][97] | |
St. Charles Borromeo | 902 S 20th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1868.[98][99] | |
St. Gabriel | 2917 Dickinson St, Philadelphia | Founded 1895.[100][101] | |
St. Michael | 1445 N 2nd St, Philadelphia | Founded 1831.[102] | |
St. Monica | 2422 S 17th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1895.[103][104] | |
St. Nicholas of Tolentine | Philadelphia | Founded 1912, serving Italian community.[105][106] | |
St. Paul | 923 Christian St, Philadelphia | Founded 1843.[107][108] | |
St. Peter the Apostle | 1019 N 5th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1842. Includes the National Shrine of Saint John Neumann.[109][110] | |
St. Philip Neri | 218 Queen St, Philadelphia | Founded 1840.[111][112] | |
St. Richard of Chichester | 3010 S 18th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1924.[113][114] | |
St. Rita of Cascia | 1166 S Broad St, Philadelphia | Founded 1907. Site of the National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia.[115][116] | |
St. Thomas Aquinas | Philadelphia | Founded 1885.[117][118] | |
Stella Maris | Philadelphia | Founded 1954.[119][120] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul | 1723 Race St, Philadelphia | Founded 1846. Includes Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel.[121][122] | |
Divine Mercy | 6667 Chester Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 2004[123][124] | |
Our Lady of Lourdes | 1941 Wynnewood Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1894.[125][126] | |
St. Agatha-St. James | 3728 Chestnut St, Philadelphia | Founded as a merged parish in 1976.[127][128][129] St. James formed in 1850.[130] | |
St. Andrew | 1911 Wallace St, Philadelphia | Lithuanian. Founded 1924.[131] | |
St. Barbara | 5359 Lebanon Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1921.[132] | |
St. Barnabas | 6300 Buist Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1919.[133] | |
St. Cyprian | 525 South Cobbs Creek Pkwy, Philadelphia | Parish founded 2000 through merger of St. Carthage and Transfiguration of Our Lord parishes.[134][135] | |
St. Donato | 65th and Callowhill. Philadelphia | Italian. Founded 1910. Closed in 2013 with merger into Our Lady of Lourdes.[136][137] | |
St. Francis de Sales | 4625 Springfield Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1890[138][139] | |
St. Francis Xavier – The Oratory | 2319 Green St, Philadelphia | Founded 1839[140][141] | |
St. Ignatius of Loyola | 636 N 43rd St, Philadelphia | Founded 1893[142][143] | |
St. John the Evangelist | 21 S 13th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1830[144][145] | |
St. Malachy | 1429 N 11th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1850[146][147] | |
St. Martin de Porres | 2340 W Lehigh Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1993[148][149] | |
St. Patrick | 242 S 20th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1839[150][151] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Jude | Chalfont | ||
Our Lady of Guadalupe | Doylestown | ||
Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Doylestown | ||
Assumption B.V.M. | Feasterville | ||
St. John Bosco | Hatboro | ||
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart | Hilltown | ||
St. Bede the Venerable | Holland | ||
St. Cyril of Jerusalem | Jamison | ||
Holy Trinity | Morrisville | ||
St. John the Evangelist | Morrisville | ||
St. Martin of Tours | New Hope | ||
St. Andrew | Newtown | ||
St. John the Baptist | Ottsville | ||
St. Isidore | Quakertown | ||
St. Vincent de Paul | Richboro | ||
St. Lawrence | Riegelsville | ||
St. Agnes | Sellersville | ||
Our Lady of Good Counsel | Southampton | ||
Nativity of Our Lord | Warminster | ||
St. Joseph | Warrington | ||
St. Robert Bellarmine | Warrington | ||
St. Ignatius of Antioch | Yardley |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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St. Charles Borromeo | 1731 Hulmeville Rd, Bensalem | Founded 1903.[152][153] | |
St. Ephrem | Bensalem | Founded 1966.[154][155] | |
St. Mark | 1025 Radcliffe Rd, Bristol | Founded 1844.[156][157] | |
St. Thomas Aquinas | 601 Bristol Pike, Croydon | Founded 1922.[158][159] | |
St. Frances Cabrini | 325 S Oxford Valley Rd, Fairless Hills | Founded 1953.[160][161] | |
St. Joseph the Worker | 9164 New Falls Rd, Fallsington | Founded 1956.[162] Closed 2015.[163] | |
Queen of the Universe | 2443 Trenton Rd, Levittown | Founded 1955.[164][165] | |
St. Michael the Archangel | Levittown | Founded 1953.[166][167] | |
Our Lady of Grace | 225 Bellevue Ave, Penndel | Founded 1908.[168][169] | |
Christ the King | 3252 Chesterfield Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1963.[170][171] | |
Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary | 9220 Old Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1870.[172][173] | |
Our Lady of Calvary | 11024 Knights Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1958.[174][175] | |
Our Lady of Consolation | 7051 Tulip St, Philadelphia | Founded 1917.[176][177] | |
St. Anselm | 12670 Dunks Ferry Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1962.[178][179] | |
St. Bartholomew | 5600 Jackson St, Philadelphia | Founded 1919.[180][181] | |
St. Bernard | 7341 Cottage St, Philadelphia | Founded 1927.[182] | |
St. Christopher | 13301 Proctor Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1950.[183][184] | |
St. Dominic | 8504 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1849.[185][186] | |
St. Jerome | 8100 Colfax St, Philadelphia | Founded 1955.[187][188] | |
St. John Cantius | 4415 Almond St, Philadelphia | Founded 1892.[189][190] | |
St. Katherine of Siena | 9700 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1922.[191][192] | |
St. Martha | 11301 Academy Rd, Philadelphia | Founded 1966.[193][194] | |
St. Matthew | 3000 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1927.[195][196] | |
St. Timothy | 3001 Levick St, Philadelphia | Founded 1928.[197][198] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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Presentation B.V.M. | 7631 Waters Rd, Cheltenham | Founded 1890.[199][200] | |
St. Joseph | 7631 Waters Rd, Cheltenham | Founded 1953.[201][202] | |
Holy Angels | 7000 Old York Rd, Philadelphia | Korean. Founded 1900.[203][204] | |
Holy Innocents | 1337 E Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1927.[205][206] | |
Nativity BVM | 2535 E Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1882.[207] | |
Our Lady Help of Christians | E Allegheny & Gaul St, Philadelphia | Founded 1885. Closed 2016 with merger into Nativity B.V.M.[208][209] | |
Our Lady of Hope | 5200 N Broad St, Philadelphia | Original church 1909.[210][211] | |
Our Lady of Ransom | 6700 Roosevelt Blvd, Philadelphia | Founded 1954.[212] Closed 2017.[213] | |
Resurrection of Our Lord | 2000 Shelmire Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1928.[214][215] | |
St. Ambrose | 405 E Roosevelt Blvd, Philadelphia | Founded 1923.[216] | |
St. Anne | 2328 E Lehigh Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1845.[217][218] | |
St. Cecilia | 535 Rhawn St, Philadelphia | Founded 1911.[219][220] | |
St. Helena | 6161 N 5th St, Philadelphia | Founded 1924.[221][222] | |
St. Martin of Tours | 5450 Roosevelt Blvd, Philadelphia | Founded 1923.[223][224] | |
St. Veronica | 533 W Tioga St, Philadelphia | Founded 1872.[225][226] | |
St. William | 6200 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1920.[227][228] | |
Visitation B.V.M. | 2646 Kensington Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1873.[229][230] |
Name | Image | Location | Description/sources |
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Gesú, Church of the | 18th & Stiles Sts, Philadelphia | Founded 1868. Parish closed in 1993; church now serves as the chapel for St. Joseph's Prep and Gesu School.[231][232] | |
Holy Redeemer | 915 Vine St, Philadelphia | Founded 1941. Serves Chinese Catholic community.[233][234] | |
St. Adalbert | 2645 E Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia | Founded 1904. Merged 2019. Served Polish community.[235][236] | |
Our Lady of Loreto | Founded 1932. Closed in 2000. Formerly located at 6214 Grays Ave. Served Italian community.[237] | ||
St. Casimir | 324 Wharton St, Philadelphia | Founded 1893. Merged into St. Andrew in 2011, but remains worship site. Served Lithuanian community.[238][239] | |
St. Joachim | 1527 Church St, Philadelphia | Founded 1845.[240] Church damaged by fire 1978. Rebuilt church dedicated 1981. Closed in 2013. Later reopened by Capuchin Franciscans as the Padre Pio Prayer Center.[241] | |
St. Leo the Great | 6658 Keystone St, Philadelphia | Founded 1884. Merged 2013 into Our Lady of Consolation.[242] Closed as worship site 2018.[243][244] | |
St. Mary of Czestochowa | Founded 1927. Formerly located at 59th and Elmwood Ave.[245][246] | ||
St. Mary Magdalen De Pazzi | 712 Montrose, Philadelphia | Founded 1852. Closed 2000.[247] It was the first Italian "national" parish in the United States with membership of 50,000 in 1880.[248] | |
St. Peter Claver | Philadelphia | Founded 1886. Suppressed 1985.[249] Served African-American Catholic community starting in 1892. Formally closed as a Catholich church in 2019.[250][251] |