Territorial Prelature of Loreto
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The Territorial Prelature of Loreto is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature which was elevated to this status on 24 June 1965.
The Holy House of Loreto is located in it.
The Metropolitan is the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
. Its rite is Latin (or Roman). It covers 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi). Its address: Piazza della Madonna 1, 60025 Loteto [Ancona], Italia.
Its total population is 11,537. 96.2% are Catholic. There are 2 secular priests, 48 religious priests for a total 50. There is then 1 priest for every 222.
Its Bishop: Giovanni Tonucci
, Prelate. Others: Gianni Danzi
, Prelate (died 2 October 2007); Angelo Comastri
, Prelate Emeritus; Pasquale Macchi
, Prelate Emeritus (secretary of Pope Paul VI
); Loris Francesco Capovilla
, Prelate Emeritus (former private secretary of Pope John XXIII
).
The Holy House of Loreto is located in it.
- Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the "Holy House" of Loreto has been numbered among the most famous shrines of ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. LoretoLoreto (AN)Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.-Location:...
is a small town a few miles south of AnconaAnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
and near the sea. Its most conspicuous building is the basilica. This dome-crowned edifice, which with its various annexes took more than a century to build and adorn under the direction of many famous artists, serves merely as the setting of a tiny cottage standing within the basilica itself. Though the rough walls of the little building have been raised in height and are cased externally in richly sculptured marble, the interior measures only thirty-one feet by thirteen. An altar stands at one end beneath a statue, blackened with age, of the Virgin Mother and her Divine Infant. As the inscription, Hic Verbum caro factum est, reminds us, this building is honoured by Christians as the veritable cottage at NazarethNazarethNazareth is the largest city in the North District of Israel. Known as "the Arab capital of Israel," the population is made up predominantly of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel...
in which the Holy Family lived, and the Word became incarnate.
The Metropolitan is the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
The Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo is a joint ecclesiastical territory and metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in the Marche region of Italy.It has existed in this form since 1986, when the historical Archdiocese of Ancona was united with the Diocese of Osimo.The archbishop is seated in Ancona...
. Its rite is Latin (or Roman). It covers 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi). Its address: Piazza della Madonna 1, 60025 Loteto [Ancona], Italia.
Its total population is 11,537. 96.2% are Catholic. There are 2 secular priests, 48 religious priests for a total 50. There is then 1 priest for every 222.
Its Bishop: Giovanni Tonucci
Giovanni Tonucci
Monsignor Giovanni Tonucci is a Latin Rite Italian archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was recently named the Territorial Prelate of Loreto...
, Prelate. Others: Gianni Danzi
Gianni Danzi
Gianni Danzi was an Italian Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Territorial Prelature of Loreto. He was born in Viggiù, Varese province, Italy. Danzi died in October 2007 at the age of 67 at his parents' house in Barasso after a long fight with cancer.-External links:*...
, Prelate (died 2 October 2007); Angelo Comastri
Angelo Comastri
Angelo Comastri is an Italian clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the current President of the Fabric of Saint Peter, Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, and Vicar General for the Vatican City State. He previously served as Bishop of Massa Marittima-Piombino and Territorial Prelate of...
, Prelate Emeritus; Pasquale Macchi
Pasquale Macchi
Pasquale Macchi was a Roman Catholic archbishop and the private secretary to Pope Paul VI.Born in Varese, Italy, Pasquale Macchi was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on 15 June 1946...
, Prelate Emeritus (secretary of Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
); Loris Francesco Capovilla
Loris Francesco Capovilla
Loris Francesco Capovilla is an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. At age , he is one of oldest Roman Catholic bishops and Italian bishops....
, Prelate Emeritus (former private secretary of Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII
-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...
).