South Philadelphia Roman Catholic Parishes
Generally South of Market
St.
Between the Rivers
Founded 1733—1923
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Parish |
Founded |
Location |
Phone |
email |
Boundaries |
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Old St. Joseph's |
1733 |
4th & Walnut |
215-923-1733 |
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Arch St.
from 4th St. to Delaware River; to South St.; to 4th St. (exclusive to Willings Alley); to Arch St. |
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Old St. Mary's |
1763 |
246 S. 4th |
215-923-7930 |
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West side
of 4th St. from Arch St. to Willings Alley; then
both sides of 4th St.; to South St.; to 9th St.; to Arch St.; to 4th St. |
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Holy Trinity |
1788 |
6th & Spruce |
215-923-7930 |
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Germans
living in area
bounded by Delaware river from Callowhill St. to
Broad St.; north on Broad St. to Christian St.; to Schuylkill River; to Callowhill St.; to Delaware River. |
|
St. John the Evangelist |
1/27/1830 |
21 S. 13th |
215-563-4145 |
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Spring
Garden St. from Broad St. to 7th St.; to Vine St.; to 9th St.; to Pine St.;
to 13th St.; to South St.; to 16th St.; to Market St.; to Broad St.; to
Spring Garden St. |
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St. Patrick |
1839 |
20th & Locust |
215-735-9900 |
16th St.
from Market St. to South St.; to Schuylkill River.;
to Market St.; to 16th. |
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St. Philip Neri |
1840 |
218 Queen |
215-468-1922 |
Delaware
River from South St. to Federal St.; to 6th St.; to South St.; to Delaware
River. |
|
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St. Paul |
12/1843 |
10th & Christian |
215-923-0355 |
6th St.
from South St. to Federal St.; to 12th St.; to Washington Ave.; to 13th St.;
to Pine St.; to 9th St.; to South St.; to 6th St. |
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St. Mary Magdalen
De Pazzi |
1852-2000 |
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Records
to St. Paul's |
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Annunciation BVM |
12/25/1860 |
10th & Dickinson |
215-334-0159 |
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Reed St.
from Broad to 12th St.; to Federal St.; to 7th St.; to Mifflin St.; to Broad
St.; to Reed St. For Italian speaking people: Beginning at S.E. cor. of Broad and Reed Sts., south side of Reed St. to
12th St., east side of 12th St. to Federal St., south side of Federal St. to
7th St., west side of 7th St. to Wharton St., south side of Wharton St. to
6th St., west side of 6th St. to Tasker St., north
side of Tasker St. to Passyunk
Ave., west side of Passyunk Ave. to Morris St.,
north side of Morris St. to Broad St., east side of Broad St. to Reed St. |
|
St. Charles Borommeo |
1868 |
902 S. 20th St. |
215-735-0600 |
South St.
from 23rd St. to 16th St.; to Ellsworth St. to 18th St.; to Wharton St.; to
21st St.; to Tasker St.; to 23rd St. to South St |
|
|
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
12/25/1871 |
3rd & Reed |
215-465-4050 |
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Delaware
River from projection of Federal St. to McKean St.; to 7th St.; to Federal
St.; to Delaware River. |
|
St. Thomas Aquinas |
1885 |
17th & Morris |
215-334-2312 |
Wharton
St. from 21st St. to 18th St.; to Reed St.; to 17th St.; to Dickinson St.; to
Broad St.; to McKean St.; to 20th St.; to Moore St.; to 21st St.; to Wharton
St. |
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St. Anthony's |
1886-1999 |
Grays Ferry & Fitzwater |
|
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Records
to St. Charles Borromeo |
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Ephiphany |
9/21/1889 |
11th & Jackson |
215-334-1035 |
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7th St.
from Mifflin St. to Porter St.; to Broad St.; to Mifflin St.; to 7th St. |
|
St. Stanislaus |
1891 |
242 Fitzwater |
215-925-2631 |
|
Polish-speaking
people living in
area bound by: north, Market St.; east, Delaware River; south, Delaware
River; west, Schuylkill River. |
|
St. Casimir |
1893 |
324 Wharton |
215-468-2052 |
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Lithuanian.
South of Market St. and southwest to Island Rd. and Lyons Ave. |
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St. Aloysius |
1894-2003 |
26th & Tasker |
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German.
Records to St. Gabriel's |
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St. Monica |
1/1/1895 |
17th & Ritner |
215-334-4170 |
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Broad St.
west side from McKean St. to Oregon Ave.; north side to 22nd St.; east side
to Wolf St.; south side to 20th St.; east side to McKean St.; south side to
Broad St. |
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St. Gabriel |
1895 |
29th & Dickinson |
215-463-4060 |
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Grays
Ferry Ave. from Schuylkill River to 28th St.; to Wharton St.; to 23rd St.; to
Tasker St.; to 25th St.; to McKean St.; to
Schuylkill River; to Grays Ferry Ave. |
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
7/1896 |
3rd & Wolf |
215-334-7766 |
Delaware
River from McKean St. to Government Ave.; to 5th St.; to Oregon Ave.; to 7th
St.; to McKean St.; to Delaware River. |
|
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St. Rita of Cascia |
1907 |
Broad & Ellsworth |
215-546-8333 |
13th St.
from South St.; to Washington Ave.; to 12th St.; to Reed St.; to Broad St.;
to Dickinson St.; to 17th St.; to Reed St.; to 18th St.; to Ellsworth St.; to
16th St.; to South St.; to 13th St. |
|
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St. Nicholas of Tolentine |
1912 |
1718 S. 9th |
215-463-1326 |
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Italian.
6th St. to Broad St.; Tasker St., Passyunk Ave., Morris St. to McKean St. |
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St. Edmond |
6/1/1912 |
21st & Snyder |
215-334-3755 |
21st St.
from Tasker St. to Moore St.; to 20th St.; to Wolf
St.; to 22nd St.; to Oregon Ave.; to Schuylkill River; to McKean St.; to 25th
St.; to Tasker St.; to 21st St. |
|
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King of Peace |
1926-2004 |
26th & Wharton |
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Italian.
Records to St. Gabriel's |
A Brief History of Philadelphia’s Early Parish Cemeteries
From
the web page of Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
Old St. Joseph’s
Parish Burial Ground (Located near 4th & Walnut St.). This was a very small lot attached to the Chapel. It probably operated from about 1729 until Old St. Mary’s opened its burial ground in 1759. Burials from Old St. Joseph’s were then made at Old St. Mary’s. (The two churches actually shared a joint sacramental register until the 1790s. St. Joseph’s was used for daily Mass, and St. Mary’s was used for weekend Mass and special occasions.) No cemetery records from this time period survive.
St. Joseph’s Cemetery, or Bishop’s Burial Ground (Located at 7th & Washington). Opened in 1824. The bodies from Old St. Joseph’s small cemetery were transferred here. Since the property was held in Bishop Conwell’s name, there was a long legal battle after Conwell’s death. The cemetery closed in August 1893. In 1905 the property was sold, and the bodies were removed to Holy Cross and buried in Section 13, ranges 11, 12 and 13. No lists are available. The Philadelphia newspapers carried this story in June and July 1905, requesting that relatives of those buried in the Bishop’s Burial Ground claim the remains, or they would be removed to Holy Cross in August.
Old St. Mary’s
Old St. Mary’s. The early history of Old St. Mary’s parish cemeteries is complicated. The parish had three distinct burial grounds. The cemetery adjoining the church property, on S. 4th St. is just one of those plots.
St. Mary Burial Ground (Located on S. 4th Street). Opened about 1759, and remained active until the 1880s. Inscriptions from tombstones published in Vol. III of the Records of the ACHS. A small section of this ground was used by Holy Trinity Church. They kept a separate register.
St. Mary’s Cemetery (Located at 13th & Budd [Now Spruce]). Opened in 1800, and remained active until the 1840s. Records contained in the Burial Register volumes 1823-1843 and 1844-1850. In 1899, this property was sold, and those bodies not claimed by relatives were moved to the "New St. Mary’s" at 11th and Moore in May 1899.
St. Mary’s Cemetery (Located at 11th and Moore Sts. in South Philadelphia). Opened in the 1840s, and remained active until about the 1880s. By 1910, the cemetery was overgrown and neglected. A fire at the cemetery destroyed any records held there. Eventually, the bodies were removed to Holy Cross (date unknown) and reinterred in a mass grave. In the 1950s, St. Maria Goretti High School was built on the site. Some of the inscriptions from tombstones were transcribed into a handwritten, bound copybook. Also, the Burial Registers 1844-1850, 1851-1859 and 1859-1878 contain some burial records for this cemetery.
Registers
of Cemeteries/Burials/Funerals at PAHRC
http://www.rc.net/philadelphia/pahrc/genealogy.html
Holy Trinity
Death Register: 1790-1872
Old St. Joseph’s
No burial/cemetery/funeral records from this church are held by the PAHRC.
Old St. Mary’s
Burial Registers: 1823-1843, 1844-1850, 1851-1859, 1859-1878
Funeral Registers: 1856-1861, 1861-1874
Death Registers: 1837-1856 (Lists cause of death)
Inscriptions of tombstones from Church Burial Ground on S. 4th Street – Records of the ACHS, Vol. III.
Inscriptions of tombstones from Old St. Mary’s at 11th and Moore Streets, (Handwritten Copybook and
Computer File)
"Burials in Old St. Mary’s Cemetery, 1788-1800." Records of the ACHS, Vol. V.
Parish & Diocesan Cemeteries – Philadelphia and Suburbs (Alphabetical Order)
Parish cemetery records are administered by the individual parish while archdiocesan cemeteries are administered by the Catholic Cemeteries Office, 111 S. 38th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 895-3450 (e-mail: cemtery@adphila.org)
South Philadelphia Parish Cemeteries
Philadelphia, Holy Trinity, 1791
Philadelphia, St. John the Evangelist 1837
Philadelphia, Old St. Mary’s
Philadelphia, St. Joseph’s 1732
Philadelphia Diocesan Cemeteries
From
the web page of Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
and supplemented with
information from other sources
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All Saints |
R. R. 413, Twining Bridge, Rd,. Newtown, PA 18940 |
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All Souls |
R. R. 322, Glenmoore, PA 19343 |
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Calvary Cemetery |
Gulph & Matsonford Rds. West Conshohocken, PA 19428 |
(610) 525-2214 |
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Cathedral (1849) |
48th St. & Lancaster, Phila., PA 19131 |
(215) 477-8918 |
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Holy Cross (1890) |
Bailey Rd., Yeadon, PA 19050 |
(610) 626-2206 |
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Holy Cross Garden Mausoleum |
251 MacDade Blvd., Yeadon, PA 19050 |
(610) 623-0733 |
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Holy Saviour |
Penn Township, West Grove, PA 19390 |
(610) 623-0733 |
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Holy Sepulchre (1895) |
Cheltenham Ave. and Ivy Hill Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19150 |
(215) 247-0691 |
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St. John the Baptist |
453 Haycock Run Road, Kintnersville, PA |
(610) 847-5521 |
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St. John Neumann (1983) |
3797 County Line Rd., Chalfont, PA 18914 |
(215) 822-0680 |
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New Cathedral (1861) |
2nd and Butler Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19140 |
(215) 634-3212 |
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Our Lady of Grace |
1215 Super Hwy., Route 1, Langhorne, PA |
(215) 752-3244 |
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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart |
Rte 152 & Hilltown Pike, Hilltown, PA |
(215) 822-9224 |
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Resurrection (1959) |
5201 Hulmeville Rd., Bensalem, PA 19020 |
(215) 639-0965 |
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SS. Peter and Paul (1958) |
Sproul Rd., Springfield, PA 19064 |
(610) 544-4933 |
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