Parish and School Closing
...2, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua announced plans to examine the closing of a number of parishes in North Philadelphia and the city of Chester. Both areas saw a major decrease in parishioners, with both areas losing around 60% of registered members from 1970 to 1990. Due to this and lingering financial
Archbishop John Carroll
...nd declare that their actions were heretical.[13] When Carroll came to the city in 1798, the trustees had him arrested and it would not be until 1801 that Holy Trinity finally submitted to Carroll’s authority.[14] This however, would not be the last time that Carroll and the hierarchy were threatened