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City And County Of Philadelphia as well as Bucks , Chester , Delaware , and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania . The Diocese of Philadelphia, erected on April 8 , 1808 , was elevated to Archdiocese on February 12 , 1875 . It is the Metropolitan see of the Province of Pennsylvania, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of Allentown , Altoona-Johnstown , Erie , Greensburg , Harrisburg , Pittsburgh , and Scranton . The seat of the bishop is in the Cathedral Of Saints Peter And Paul . It is the only metropolitan see in the United States that had two members, Bishop John Neumann and Mother Katherine Drexel , elevated to sainthood. The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of the Diocese and Archdiocese of Philadelphia (and their terms of service).
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