Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Archidioecesis Philadelphiensis
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Location
Country	United States
Territory	Philadelphia City and County, counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Ecclesiastical province	Metropolitan Province of Philadelphia
Statistics
Area	2,183 sq mi (5,650 km²)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 4,070,000 1,489,000 (36.6%)
Parishes	257
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 8, 1808
Cathedral	Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul
Patron saint	St. Peter and St. Paul
Secular priests	619
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Auxiliary Bishops	John J. McIntyre Michael J. Fitzgerald Timothy C. Senior Edward Michael Deliman
Emeritus Bishops	Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali Louis A. DeSimone Martin Nicholas Lohmuller Robert P. Maginnis
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Website
archphila.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius VII on April 8, 1808, from territories of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Originally the diocese included all of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and seven counties and parts of three counties in New Jersey. The diocese was raised to the dignity of a metropolitan archdiocese on February 12, 1875. The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral-Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul.

It is also the Metropolitan See of the Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia, which includes the suffragan episcopal sees of Allentown, Altoona-Johnstown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and Scranton. The territory of the province is coextensive with the state of Pennsylvania.