St. Joachim Roman Catholic Church was the first
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church founded in
Northeast Philadelphia
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.
Established in 1845 in the
Frankford neighborhood of
Philadelphia
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, the parish was closed on July 1, 2013, part of a wide-ranging re-organization of Catholic parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese; it became part of Holy Innocents Parish along with two other, nearby closed parishes, Mater Dolorosa and St. Joan of Arc.
Education
St. Joachim had a parish school, and later Holy Innocents Area Catholic School was its designated Catholic school.
Graveyard
The St. Joachim's Church graveyard is maintained by Holy Innocents.
Former Pastors
*Rev. Dominick Forestal
*Rev. James O’Kane
*Rev. F.X. Villanis
*Rev. John M. McGovern
*Rev. Nicholas J. Walsh
*Rev. John P. Byrne
*Rev. Francis P. Fitzmaurice
*Rev. John B. Dever
*Rev. Thomas McNally
*Rev. James A Donnelly
*Rev. Francis A. Fagan
*Rev. William Cotterall
*Rev. Anthony F. Silvestri, OSFS
*Rev. Thomas Palko, OSFS
*Rev. Eugene J. McBride, OSFS
*Rev. Robert L. Bazzoli, OSFS
*Rev. Steven P. Wetzel, OSFS
See also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
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References
Further reading
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External links
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Holy Innocents School
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Roman Catholic churches in Philadelphia
Religious organizations established in 1845
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
Irish-American culture in Philadelphia
1845 establishments in Pennsylvania
Frankford, Philadelphia