in the Future Foundation would assume management of the seventeen archdiocesan high schools and the four special education schools. Bishops Bishops of Philadelphia Michael Francis Egan, O.F.M. (1808–1814) (Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. appointed in 1816; did not take effect.) Henry Conwell (1819–1841) Francis Patrick Kenrick (1842–1851; coadjutor bishop 1830–1842), appointed Archbishop of Baltimore Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, C.Ss.R. (1852–1860) James Frederick Wood (1860–1875; coadjutor bishop 1857–1860), elevated to archbishop Archbishops of Philadelphia James Frederick Wood (1875–1883) Patrick John Ryan (1884–1911) Edmond Francis Prendergast (1911–1918) Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty (1918–1951) Cardinal John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. (1951–1960) Cardinal John Joseph Krol (1961–1988) Cardinal Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1988–2003) Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali (2003–2011) Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (2011–2020) Nelson J. Perez (2020–present) Current auxiliary bishops Timothy C. Senior (2009–present) John J. McIntyre (2010–present) Michael J. Fitzgerald (2010–present) Former auxiliary bishops John Joseph McCort (1912–1920), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Altoona Michael Joseph Crane (1921–1928) Gerald Patrick O'Hara (1929–1935), appointed Bishop of Savannah and later Apostolic Nuncio and Titular Archbishop Hugh L. Lamb (1935–1951), appointed Bishop of Greensburg J. Carroll McCormick (1947–1960), appointed Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown and later Bishop of Scranton Joseph Mark McShea (1952–1961), appointed Bishop of Allentown Cletus Joseph Benjamin (1960–1961) Francis James Furey (1960–1963), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of San Antonio Gerald Vincent McDevitt (1962–1980) John Joseph Graham (1963–1988) Thomas Jerome Welsh (1970–1974), appointed Bishop of Arlington and later Bishop of Allentown Martin Nicholas Lohmuller (1970–1994) Edward Thomas Hughes (1976–1986), appointed Bishop of Metuchen Francis B. Schulte (1981–1985), appointed Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston and later Archbishop of New Orleans Louis A. DeSimone (1981–1997) Edward Peter Cullen (1994–1997), appointed Bishop of Allentown Joseph Francis Martino (1996–2003), appointed Bishop of Scranton Robert P. Maginnis (1996–2010) Michael Francis Burbidge (2002–2006), appointed Bishop of Raleigh and later Bishop of Arlington Joseph R. Cistone (2004–2009), appointed Bishop of Saginaw Joseph P. McFadden (2004–2010), appointed Bishop of Harrisburg Daniel E. Thomas (2006–2014), appointed Bishop of Toledo Edward Michael Deliman (2016–2022) Other living priests of this diocese who became bishops Note: Year range in parentheses indicates the time of service as a priest of the (Arch)diocese of Philadelphia, prior to appointment to the episcopacy. Edward Joseph Adams (1970–1996), appointed nuncio and titular archbishop Herbert Bevard (1972–2008), appointed Bishop of St. Thomas Michael Joseph Bransfield (1971–2004), appointed Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston Joseph Lawrence Coffey (1996–2019), appointed auxiliary bishop of U.S. Military James Patrick Green (1976–2006), appointed nuncio