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ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA

Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1808

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Official blazon

Argent, on a pile azure a star in chief of the field, the pile debruised by a fess sable, thereon three plates each charged with a cross gules.

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Arms of Bishops

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  Michael Francis Egan (1808–1814)

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  Henry Conwell (1819–1842)

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  Francis Patrick Kenrick (1842–1851)

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  Saint John Nepomucene Neumann (1851-1860)

Arms of Archbishops

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  James Frederick Wood (1860–1883)

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  Patrick John Ryan (1884–1911)

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  Edmond Francis Prendergast (1911–1918)

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  Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1918–1951)

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  John Francis O'Hara (1951–1960)

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  John Joseph Krol (1961–1988)

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  Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1988–2003)

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  Justin Francis Rigali (2003–2011)

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  Charles Joseph Chaput (2011-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  John Joseph McCort (1912–1920)

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  Michael Joseph Crane (1921–1928)

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  Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara (1929–1935)

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  Hugh Louis Lamb (1935–1951)

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  J. Carroll McCormick (1947–1960)

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  Joseph Mark McShea (1952–1961)

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  Cletus Joseph Benjamin (1960–1961)

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  Francis James Furey (1960–1963)

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  Gerald Vincent McDevitt (1962–1980)

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  John Joseph Graham (1963–1988)

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  Thomas Jerome Welsh (1970–1974)

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  Martin Nicholas Lohmuller (1970–1994)

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  Edward Thomas Hughes (1976–1986)

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  Francis B. Schulte (1981–1985)

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  Louis A. DeSimone (1981–1997)

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  Edward Peter Cullen (1994–1997)

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  Joseph Francis Martino (1996–2003)

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  Robert P. Maginnis (1996–2010)

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  Michael Francis Burbidge (2002–2006)

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  Joseph Robert Cistone (2004–2009)

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  Joseph P. McFadden (2004–2010),

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  Daniel Edward Thomas (2006-2014)

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  Timothy C. Senior (2009-present)

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  John J. McIntyre (2010-present)

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  Michael J. Fitzgerald (2010-present)

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  Edward Michael Deliman (2016-present)

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