Philip Richard McDevitt (July 12, 1858 – November 11, 1935) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] McDevitt was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Archbishop Patrick Ryan on July 14, 1885.

[2] He served as a curate at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, before becoming superintendent of Catholic schools in the archdiocese in 1899.

[1] On July 10, 1916, McDevitt was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg by Pope Benedict XV.

McDevitt died on November 11, 1935, at age 77 and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Harrisburg.