Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Pompei

Territorial Prelature of Pompei Praelatura Territorialis Pompeianus seu Beatissimae Virginis Mariae a SS.mo Rosario
Pompei Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Metropolitan	Napoli
Statistics
Area	12 km² (4.6 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 26,140 25,200 (est.) (96.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
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)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Tommaso Caputo
Website
www.santuario.it

The Territorial Prelature of Pompei also called the Territorial Prelature 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.

History

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

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)

Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Naples
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Naples Diocese of Acerra Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo Diocese of Aversa Archdiocese of Capua Diocese of Caserta Diocese of Ischia Diocese of Nola Territorial Prelature of Pompei Diocese of Pozzuoli Diocese of Sessa Aurunca Archdiocese of Sorrento-Castellamare di Stabia Diocese of Teano-Calvi
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