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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Pompei

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Metropolitan
  
Napoli

Area
  
12 km²

Bishop
  
Tommaso Caputo

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
Italy

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2013)26,14025,200 (est.) (96.4%)

Established
  
20 March 1926 (91 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Santuario Basilica Pontificia della Madonna del Rosario(Cathedral & Pontifical Basilica)

Secular priests
  
42 (secular)5 (Religious Orders)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples

The Territorial Prelature of Pompei also called the Territorial Perlature of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Pompeianus seu Beatissimae Virginis Mariae a SS.mo Rosario) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Pompei in the Ecclesiastical province of Napoli in Italy. The cathedral of the territorial prelature is the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei.

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History

  • 20 March 1926: Established as Territorial Prelature of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario
  • 8 May 1951: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Pompei

    • Leadership

  • Prelates of Pompei (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Tommaso Caputo (November 10, 2012 - present)
  • Archbishop Carlo Liberati (November 5, 2003 – November 10, 2012)
  • Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino (February 17, 2001 – August 2, 2003)
  • Archbishop Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. (October 13, 1990 – February 17, 2001)
  • Archbishop Domenico Vacchiano (March 30, 1978 – October 13, 1990)
  • Archbishop Aurelio Signora (March 12, 1957 – 1977)
  • Archbishop Roberto Ronca (May 8, 1951 – 1955)
  • Prelates of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Roman Rite)
  • Archbishop Roberto Ronca (June 21, 1948 – May 8, 1951)
  • Patriarch Antonio Anastasio Rossi (December 19, 1927 – March 29, 1948)
  • Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi (later Cardinal) (March 21, 1926 – December 19, 1927)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Pompei Wikipedia
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