Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Pompei

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Territorial Prelature of Pompei

Praelatura Territorialis Pompeianus seu Beatissimae Virginis Mariae a SS.mo Rosario
Santuario Pompei 04 - Esterni.jpg
Pompei Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Metropolitan Napoli
Statistics
Area12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
26,140
25,200 (est.) (96.4%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established20 March 1926 (97 years ago)
CathedralSantuario 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 Latin Church 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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Prelates of Pompei
Prelates of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario

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