Who where the bishops of the Archdiocese Philadelphia?

Answer 1

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The following bishops and archbishops have served as the diocesan bishop of the See of Philadelphia (with their years of birth, death, and tenure as diocesan bishop):

1. † Michael Francis Egan, O.F.M. (1761-1814), Bishop (1808-1814)
2. † Henry Conwell (1748-1842), Bishop (1819-1842)
3. † Francis Patrick Kenrick (1796-1863), Bishop (1842-1851)
4. † St. John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R. (1811-1860), Bishop (1852-1860)
5. † James Frederick Bryan Wood (1813-1883), Bishop (1860-1875), Archbishop (1875-1883)
6. † Patrick John Ryan (1831-1911), Archbishop (1884-1911)
7. † Edmond Francis Prendergast (1843-1918), Archbishop (1911-1918)
8. † Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty (1865-1951), Archbishop (1918-1951)
9. † John Francis Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C. (1888-1960), Archbishop (1951-1960)
10. † John Joseph Cardinal Krol (1910-1996), Archbishop (1961-1988), Archbishop Emeritus (1988-1996)
11. Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua (b. 1923), Archbishop (1988-2003), Archbishop Emeritus (2003-present[update])
12. Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali (b. 1935), Archbishop (2003-present[update])

† = deceased