A priest with long ties to Delaware County is getting a new job.
Bishop Joseph McFadden, the former president of Cardinal O’Hara High School, has been nominated to be the new Bishop of Harrisburg by the Vatican.
The announcement will be made at a 10 a.m. press conference by Cardinal Justin Rigali.
McFadden was named the first president of O’Hara by then Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua in 1993. He headed the school until 2001, when he was appointed pastor at St. Joseph’s Parish in Downingtown, Chester county.
In 2004 he was appointed an auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia and has overseen parochial education in the archdiocese.
McFadden is a graduate of St. Thomas More High School for Boys and Saint Joseph’s University. He entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1976 and was ordained a deacon in 1980. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1981.
He has served in several Delaware County parishes, including Our Lady of Fatima in Secane, and St. Laurence Parish in the Highland Park section of Upper Darby.
Bishop Joseph McFadden, the former president of Cardinal O’Hara High School, has been nominated to be the new Bishop of Harrisburg by the Vatican.
The announcement will be made at a 10 a.m. press conference by Cardinal Justin Rigali.
McFadden was named the first president of O’Hara by then Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua in 1993. He headed the school until 2001, when he was appointed pastor at St. Joseph’s Parish in Downingtown, Chester county.
In 2004 he was appointed an auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia and has overseen parochial education in the archdiocese.
McFadden is a graduate of St. Thomas More High School for Boys and Saint Joseph’s University. He entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1976 and was ordained a deacon in 1980. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1981.
He has served in several Delaware County parishes, including Our Lady of Fatima in Secane, and St. Laurence Parish in the Highland Park section of Upper Darby.
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