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Territorial Prelature of Pompei
Praelatura Territorialis Pompeianus seu Beatissimae Virginis Mariae a SS.mo Rosario
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Pompei Cathedral
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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%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 20 March 1926 (98 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 Latin Church territorial prelature located in the city of Pompei in the ecclesiastical provinceofNapoli in Italy. The cathedral of the territorial prelature is the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei.
40°45′00″N 14°30′00″E / 40.7500°N 14.5000°E / 40.7500; 14.5000