List of church buildings in Philadelphia


The churches of Philadelphia are numerous and diverse. Founded by William Penn to celebrate religious freedom, Philadelphia has many historic and significant churches, among many smaller and newer ones.

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Armenian Apostolic Church

Baptist

Brethren in Christ Church

Episcopal

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Church of the Advocate1801 West Diamond Street
Christ Church20 North American Street
620 South 8th Street
Gloria Dei ChurchColumbus Boulevard and Christian Street
Church of the Holy Trinity1904 Walnut Street
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral3723 Chestnut Street
Saint Clement's Church2013 Appletree Street
St. James Kingsessing
6838 Woodland Avenue
Church of St. James the Less3227 West Clearfield Street
Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany330 South 13th Street
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church1625 Locust Street
8000 St. Martin’s Lane
Saint Mary's Church3916 Locust Walk
22 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
Saint Peter's Church313 Pine Street
Saint Stephen's Church19 South Tenth Street
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas6361 Lancaster Avenue

First building: 5th Street, south of Walnut Street
5720 Ridge Avenue
Trinity Church Oxford6901 Rising Sun AvenueBuilt c. 1700

Friends (Quaker)

Lutheran

Mennonite

Methodist

Non-Denominational

Orthodox Church

Albanian Orthodox

Greek Orthodox

Jurisdiction: Greek Orthodox
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256 South 8th Street
6501 Bustleton Avenue

Orthodox Church in America (OCA)

Jurisdiction: Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania
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2101 South 28th Street
8598 Verree Road
560 North 20th Street
817 North 7th Street

Russian Orthodox

Jurisdiction: Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
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Saint Andrew's Cathedral5th Street and Fairmount Avenue
335 Fairmount Avenue

Pentecostal

Presbyterian

Reformed

Reformed Episcopal Church

Roman Catholic

ImageChurchLocationNotes
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
St. John the Evangelist Church21 South 13th Street
915 Vine StreetHABS
Church of the Gesú1733 West Girard Avenue
Immaculate Conception Church1020 North Front Street
Immaculate Conception Church 1020 East Price StreetClosed June 2012
2535 East Allegheny Avenue
1008 North 48th Street
Old Saint Joseph's Church321 Willings Alley
9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue
2000 Shelmire Avenue
St. Adalbert in Philadelphia2645 East Allegheny AvenueKnown as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia
Saint Augustine Church243 North Lawrence Street
Saint Charles Borromeo Roman Catholid Church902 South 20th Street
Saint Cyprian Catholic Church525 South Cobbs Creek Parkway
Saint Donato Church403 North 65th Street
Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church4625 Springfield Avenue
2917 Dickinson Street
St. Agatha – St. James Church3728 Chestnut Street
Saint Joachim Church1527 Church StreetClosed July 2013
Saint Laurentius1608 East Berks StreetClosed March 2014
St. Leo the Great6670 Keystone StreetDemolished
HABS
St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi 712 Montrose Street
St. Mary's248 South 4th Street
St. Michael's Church1445 North 2nd Street
2422 South 17th Street
Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church1718 South 9th Street
923 Christian Street
Saint Peter the Apostle1019 North 5th Street
National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
of St. Rita of Cascia1166 South Broad Street
Saint Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church608 Welsh Road
St. William Church6200 Rising Sun Avenue
2901 South 10th Street
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church300 East Lehigh AvenueHABS

Ukrainian Catholic

Unitarian