Exhibit 32


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In  connection  with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
First Republic Bancorp,  Inc. (the "Company") on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Harry D. Madonna, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant
to 18 U.S.C.  1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:


               (1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section
                    13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


               (2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                    all material respects, the financial condition and result of
                    operations of the Company.



Date: March 25, 2004                            By:/s/ Harry D. Madonna
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                                                   Harry D. Madonna
                                                   Chairman, President and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer












                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In  connection  with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
First Republic Bancorp,  Inc. (the "Company") on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Paul Frankiel, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to
18 U.S.C.  1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:


               (1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section
                    13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


               (2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                    all material respects, the financial condition and result of
                    operations of the Company.


Date: March 25, 2004                            By:/s/ Paul Frenkiel
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                                                   Paul Frenkiel,
                                                   Executive Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer