Territorial Prelature of Pompei
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The Territorial Prelature of Pompei also called the Territorial Perlature of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Pompei
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Napoli in Italy.
Pompei
Pompei is a city and comune in the province of Naples in Campania, southern Italy, famous for its ancient Roman ruins. As of 2010 its population was of 25,671.-History:...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Napoli in Italy.
History
- March 20, 1926: Established as Territorial Prelature of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario
- May 8, 1951: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Pompei
Leadership
- Prelates of Pompei (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Carlo Liberati (November 5, 2003 – present)
- Archbishop Domenico SorrentinoDomenico SorrentinoArchbishop Domenico Sorrentino is an Italian Catholic archbishop.He was born at Boscoreale near Nola, outside Naples in Italy, in 1948...
(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)
- PatriarchLatin Patriarch of ConstantinopleThe Latin Patriarch of Constantinople was an office established as a result of Crusader activity in the Near East. The title should not be confused with that of the Patriarch of Constantinople, an office which existed before and after....
Antonio Anastasio Rossi (December 19, 1927 – March 29, 1948) - Archbishop Carlo CremonesiCarlo CremonesiCarlo Cremonesi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Territorial Prelate of Pompei from 1926 to 1928, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...
(later CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
) (March 21, 1926 – December 19, 1927)