Priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating 25th, 50th and other significant anniversaries of their ordination to the priesthood this spring. CatholicPhilly.com presents a photo gallery of the annual jubilarian Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary celebrated April 28. Below the photos, see our list of 37 priests, listed by anniversary year.
Everyone is invited to the ordination Mass for this year’s new priests on Saturday, May 21 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, beginning at 10 a.m. — meet the six men to be ordained priests here.
CatholicPhilly.com wishes all the priests many more years in their ministry — ad multos annos! (Photos by Sarah Webb)
Father David A. Fernandes
Father John B. Flanagan
Father Frank A. Giuffre
Father James C. Otto
Father John P. Collins
Father Augusto Concha
Msgr. John C. Eckert
Father Victor J. Eschbach
Father William S. Harrison
Father William S. Kirk
Father Harry E. McCreedy
Msgr. Henry J. McKee
Father Michael J. Ryan
Msgr. Hugh J. Shields
Father John J. Sibel
Msgr. Patrick E. Sweeney
Father Edward A. Windhaus
Father Vincent P. Burns
Father Robert J. Chapman
Father Peter J. Foley
Father H. James Hutchins
Father Charles J. Noone
Father Leonard N. Peterson
Father Salvatore J. Pronesti
Father Frederick J. Riegler
Msgr. Francis A. Carbine
Msgr. John J. Conahan
Msgr. Philip J. Cribben
Father Anthony W. Dieckhaus
Msgr. John J. Jagodzinski
Msgr. Donald E. Leighton
Msgr. Richard K. Malone
Father John R. McFadden
Father Edward A. Pelczar
Msgr. Ignatius L. Murray
Msgr. Francis X. Schmidt
Father David B. Machain
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