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.
The Philadelphia Catholic League is a high school sports league composed of 18 Catholic High Schools in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania suburbs. The league itself was founded in the summer of 1920 on the steps of Villanova academy by an Augustinian monk, who would later be known as Monsignor Bonner. The league originally consisted of three sports, one per season: Football in the fall, Basketball in the winter and Baseball in the spring. This was expanded in 1944 to include Cross-country in the fall, Wrestling in the winter, and Track in the spring.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg covers 15 counties of South Central Pennsylvania: Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union and York. The seat of the bishop is in St. Patrick's Cathedral, which stands one block away from the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Pope Blessed Pius IX erected the diocese on March 3, 1868.
Lampeter-Strasburg High School is a public secondary school in the Lampeter-Strasburg School District, located in Lampeter, Pennsylvania, United States.
Hugh Charles Boyle was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Pittsburgh from 1921 until his death in 1950.
Thomas Jerome Welsh was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Arlington, Virginia (1974–83) and as Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1983–97).
James McDevitt Magee was an aviator and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Scranton Preparatory School is a co-educational Jesuit high school located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Edward Thomas Hughes was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey from 1987 to 1997.
McDevitt is an Irish surname. It is sometimes written as Mcdevitt or Macdevitt. Notable people with the surname include:
Daniel Eugene McDevitt was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1957 through 1962 for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics. The left-hander was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg).
Martin Nicholas Lohmuller, DD, JCD was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia from 1970 to 1994. At the time of his death, he was the oldest American Catholic bishop.
Ronald S. "Ron" Marsico is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 105th District and was elected in 1988. He is the Republican Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a member of the House Transportation Committee.
Philip Richard McDevitt was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Harrisburg from 1916 until his death in 1935.
John Joseph McIntyre is an American Roman Catholic Bishop. He was appointed an Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Pope Benedict XVI on June 8, 2010 and consecrated on August 6, 2010.
Gerald Vincent McDevitt was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1962 until his death in 1980.
Lawrence Wayne Conjar is a former American football running back who played four seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Colts. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 1967 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
John Michael McDevitt, Jr., OSFS, was a Democratic politician from Philadelphia who later became a Roman Catholic priest and educator. In 2011, the Oblates of St Francis de Sales priests admitted that McDevitt was a child molestor as part of a lawsuit settlement in the State of Delaware.
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