As of 2014, the website of the oratory's "headquarters" in Rome lists the following as some of the numerous congregations throughout the world:
Europe There are oratories in:
Vienna, Austria;
Dijon,
Hyères, and
Nancy, France; Acireale, Biella, Bologna, Brescia, Florence, Genoa, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Verona, Prato and Vicenza, Italy; Germany (
Aachen,
Aufhausen,
Dresden,
Frankfurt,
Hanover,
Heidelberg,
Leipzig, Celle and
Munich); Lithuania (
Vilnius); Netherlands (
Maastricht); Poland (
Gostyń,
Studzianna,
Tarnów,
Radom,
Bytów,
Tomaszów Mazowiecki and
Poznań); Portugal (Convento e Palácio de Nossa Senhora das Necessidades,
Lisbon); Spain (
Barcelona,
Seville, Porreras, Albacete, Vic, Alcalá de Henares, Getafe, Tudela, Soller and
Palma) and Switzerland (
Zürich). There are also Oratories in formation in
Bratislava, Slovakia;
Mikulov in the Czech Republic; and Dublin, Ireland.
United Kingdom Saint John Henry Newman founded the first Oratory in the
English-speaking world when he established the
Birmingham Oratory in the city of
Birmingham on 2 February 1848. This was initially located at
Old Oscott, which Newman renamed Maryvale (after the Oratory church in Rome,
Santa Maria in Vallicella). After a couple of moves this community eventually settled in
Edgbaston. Attached to the Birmingham Oratory was
The Oratory School now at
Woodcote,
Berkshire, near
Reading. In 1849 a second congregation was founded in King William Street, Strand, London (the London Oratory), with Frederick William Faber as superior; in 1854 it was transferred to Brompton. The Fathers of the London Oratory founded the
London Oratory School in 1863, which continues providing education in the Oratorian tradition to this day. Its church, the
Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was consecrated on 16 April 1884 and is the second largest Roman Catholic church in London. A House also exists in
Oxford (the
Oxford Oratory). In October 2013, the church of St Wilfrid, York, was turned over to the Oxford Oratorians on the retirement of the incumbent parish priest and is now canonically established, known as the
York Oratory. In
Manchester (
St Chad's) there is a community canonically established on the Feast of All Saints, 2019. There are also Houses in Formation at
St Alban-on-the-Moors Church, Cardiff, as of April 2016, in Bournemouth, as of May 2017, and in Edinburgh, as of 25 March 2025.
Latin America and the Caribbean In
Argentina: (
Mercedes);
Brazil: (
São Paulo);
Chile: (
Villa Alemana);
Colombia: (
Bogotá,
Ipiales and
Pasto);
Costa Rica: (
San José);
Mexico: (
Guanajuato,
Mexico City,
Orizaba,
Puebla,
San Miguel de Allende,
Tlalnepantla,
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, La Paz, Leon, San Pablo Tepetlapa y Mérida. The Oratorio de San Felipe Neri in Guanajuato City was dedicated on Nov. 8, 1765 by the Jesuit order but was taken over by the by the Oratorian order. The church was officially reopened in 1794 by the Congregation of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri. As of 2012 there was an Oratory in Formation in Port Antonio, Jamaica (Archdiocese of Kingston). This community of priests had been constituted many years ago and upon completing the necessary requirements in the Archdiocese of Kingston in 2014 the community was erected as a Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, the first in the history of the English speaking Caribbean.
North America In Canada, the Oratorians have a house in
Toronto, the
Toronto Oratory, although the original foundation was in
Montreal in 1975. The first Oratory in the
United States was founded in
Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1934. The ministry of the Rock Hill Oratorians has long included campus ministry at
Winthrop University and prison visitation at the Moss detention center in York County. The Pittsburgh Oratory was founded in 1961 by
Cardinal John Wright, then-Bishop of Pittsburgh, in order to have Oratorian Fathers serving as Chaplains at
Carnegie Mellon University,
Chatham University, and the
University of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Oratory's ministry has since expanded to adult ministry,
confession ministry, and a ministry of Perpetual
Eucharistic Adoration. The Pittsburgh Oratory maintains an 87-acre retreat house in the nearby
Laurel Highlands, called "Rednal". There are currently 7 priests and 2 brothers in formation at seminary. The principal ministry of the Brooklyn Oratory, established in 1988, are the parishes of Saint Boniface, which it has cared for since 1990, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brooklyn Heights which came under its pastoral care in 2016. In this year, the Brooklyn Oratory also began a pastoral outreach to students in the various secular colleges and universities in
Downtown Brooklyn and
Brooklyn Heights. The Philadelphia Oratory was formed in 1990 at the Fairmount neighborhood parish of
St. Francis Xavier. The oratory then gained responsibility for the parochial grade school: St. Francis Xavier School. It was formally established by
Pope John Paul II in 2000. The Raritan Congregation was formally established by
Pope John Paul II, on 8 September 1998 as the New Brunswick Congregation. The members of the Congregation served in Catholic campus ministry at
Rutgers University, at St. Peter the Apostle Parish and at St. Joseph Parish,
New Brunswick, N.J. until 2018. The Oratory relocated to
Raritan, N.J. at the request of
Bishop James Checchio. The Raritan Oratory of St. Philip Neri serves five apostolates under its care: the Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Ann Church, St. Joseph Church, and St. Ann Classical Academy of Raritan, N.J. and Holy Trinity Church of
Bridgewater, N.J. The New York Oratory was founded on 28 June 2007, in
Sparkill, New York. On the
Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August 2007, the Procurator General P. Edoardo Cerrato consigned the Decree of the Foundation of New York Oratory to its members, during the celebration of the Eucharist, presided by
Cardinal Egan, in the presence of
Archbishop Alojz Tkac, Metropolitan of
Košice, Slovakia, participating honorable guests, parishioners of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish Tappan, NY, visitors from other parishes and friends. In Washington, D.C., the Washington Oratory was established as a community-in-formation in July 2013 by canonical decree of the Archbishop of
Washington,
Donald Cardinal Wuerl and canonically erected by His Holiness Pope Francis on 2 February 2024. Washington's Oratorians are responsible for the administration of the parish of St. Thomas Apostle in Woodley Park. They oversee a chapter of the Little Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a group of Catholic laymen. The Red Bank Oratory (official name Congregatio Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii Trentonensis): On Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7th, 2024, His Holiness, Pope Francis established The Red Bank Oratory as a Congregation of Pontifical Right. The church of the Oratory was established as The Oratory Church of St. Anthony of Padua in perpetuity. The Red Bank Oratory had its official beginning in September 2015, and was established as an Oratory-in-formation in March of 2016 in
Red Bank, New Jersey, with the permission of
Bishop David M. O'Connell. Bishop O'Connell then issued a canonical decree on 29 May 2016 to govern the community, and established the permanent home of the community at the church of
Saint Anthony of Padua. The members of the Oratory-in-Formation subsequently established a Secular Oratory, the Women of Vallicella, a Children's Oratory, Jr. Oratory, a Youth Oratory, and the Friends of Saint Philip Neri which share in the spiritual and ministerial life of the Oratory. In 2017, Pope Francis issued a decree establishing the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in the
Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The Oratory is based at Old St. Mary's Church in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. There are also congregations are in
Monterey, California;
Pharr, Texas and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A number of Oratories have associated with the congregation, a community of lay people called the Secular Oratory.
South Africa The first Oratory in
South Africa was founded in
Oudtshoorn in 1997. The
Port Elizabeth Oratory celebrated its inaugural Mass on 15 August 2008.
Australia In 2011, work towards establishing the first Australian Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri was conceived. The community-in-formation was welcomed to Brisbane by Archbishop Mark Coleridge, and is supported by the Fathers of the London, Oxford and Toronto Oratories. The Brisbane Oratory in Formation is based at
Mary Immaculate Church, Annerley, in the Annerley Ekibin parish. ==Oratorian Saints, Blesseds, and other holy people==