Much will be written about the appointment of Nelson Pérez as archbishop of Philadelphia, to be installed February 18th, 2020. From 2002 to 2007 he was pastor of St. William's parish on Rising Sun Avenue in Lawncrest, northeast Philadelphia. Rising Sun is the design on the chair on which George Washington sat in Independence Hall in 1787. A recent description of St. William's parish is on the archdiocesan website HERE.
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Philadelphia does have a cardinal, Justin Rigali, age 84, who retired in 2011. His brother Henry was a member of our St. William parish in Seaford.