Richard Withers became the first canonical hermit in Philadelphia in 2011, and recently became a priest — at the age of seventy. Withers retains his eremical life style. A short notice announces his new religious status, with a fuller summary of his life and work included in a Wikipedia page about him.
URL: (announcement) https://catholicphilly.com/2025/05/features/our-new-priests/at-70-trailblazer-becomes-first-hermit-priest-in-archdiocese-of-philadelphia/; (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Withers