Territorial Prelature of Pompei, Italy

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Pompei (Italiano) / Pompeii (English) / Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italiano) / Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary (English) / Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ a SS.mo Rosario (Latin) / Pompeian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Napoli

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Beata Vergine del Rosario

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History

1926.03.20: Established as Territorial Prelature of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario / Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ a SS.mo Rosario (Latin) (from Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia and Diocese of Nola and became suffragan of Napoli)
1935.05.08: Gained territory from Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia and Diocese of Nola
1951.05.08: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Pompei (Italiano) / Pompeii (English) / Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italiano) / Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary (English) / Beatissimæ Virginis Mariæ a SS.mo Rosario (Latin) / Pompeian(us) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Delegazione Pontificia, Piazza Bartolo Longo 1, 80045 Pompei, Napoli, Italy

Phone: 081.857.72.58

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2012.11.10 – ...):

Archbishop Tommaso Caputo (74)

Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii

Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Pompei (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Tommaso Caputo (74)
(2012.11.10 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy)
Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii
Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Adjutores gaudii vestri

Born:	1950.10.17 (Afragola, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1974.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.29

Priest of Napoli (Italy) (1974.04.10 – 2007.09.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1983.12.29 – 1993.06.26)

Head of Protocol of Secretariat of State (1993.06.19 – 2007.09.03)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1993.06.26 – 2007.09.03)

Titular Archbishop of Otricoli (2007.09.03 – 2012.11.10)

Apostolic Nuncio to Libya (2007.09.03 – 2012.11.10)

Apostolic Nuncio to Malta (2007.09.03 – 2012.11.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (2012.11.10 – ...)

Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii (2012.11.10 – ...)

Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (2019.09 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Caserta (Italy) (2020.10.05 – 2020.12.19)

Archbishop Carlo Liberati (87)
(2003.11.05 – 2012.11.10)

Archbishop ad personam
Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Pompei (Italy)

Born:	1937.11.06 (Matelica, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.10

Priest of Fabriano–Matelica (Italy) (1962.07.29 – 2003.11.05)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1977.10.28 – 1987.06.03)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1987.06.03 – 2003.11.05)

Delegate of the Ordinary Section of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (2001.01.22 – 2003.11.05)

Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (2003.11.05 – 2012.11.10)

Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii (2003.11.05 – 2012.11.10)

Archbishop ad personam (2007.07.07 – ...)

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino (76)
(2001.02.17 – 2003.08.02)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy)
Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Abba pater

Born:	1948.05.16 (Boscoreale, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.19

Priest of Nola (Italy) (1972.06.24 – 2001.02.17)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1994.12.21 – 2001.02.17)

Archbishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (2001.02.17 – 2003.08.02)

Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2003.08.02 – 2005.11.19)

Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) (2005.11.19 – ...)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (2021.06.26 – ...)

Venerable Archbishop Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1990.10.13 – 2001.02.17)

Madre mia fiducia mia

Born:	1925.06.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1948.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.12.07
Died:	2007.04.02 († 81)

Archbishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (1990.10.13 – 2001.02.17)

Archbishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Archbishop Domenico Vacchiano
(1978.03.30 – 1990.10.13)

In caritate fundati

Born:	1914.09.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1937.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.03.01
Died:	2001.05.24 († 86)

Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1970.01.17 – 1978.03.30)

Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (1978.03.30 – 1990.10.13)

Archbishop ad personam (1987.11.14 – 2001.05.24)

Archbishop Aurelio Signora
(1957.03.12 – 1977)

Born:	1902.10.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1925.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.04.25
Died:	1990.04.30 († 87)

Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (1957.03.12 – 1977)

Titular Archbishop of Nicosia (1957.03.12 – 1990.04.30)

Archbishop Roberto Ronca
(1951.05.08 – 1955)

Born:	1901.02.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1928.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.07.11
Died:	1977.09.25 († 76)

Rector Magnificus of Athenaeum of Roman Pontifical Seminary (1930 – 1932)

Rector of Pontifical Roman Major Seminary (1933 – 1948.06.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1951.05.08)

Titular Archbishop of Naupactus (1948.06.21 – 1977.09.25)

Bishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (1951.05.08 – 1955)

Prelates of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Roberto Ronca
(1948.06.21 – 1951.05.08)

(see above)

Patriarch Antonio Anastasio Rossi
(1927.12.19 – 1948.03.29)

Born:	1864.07.18 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1887.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.04.03
Died:	1948.03.29 (Pavia, Italy † 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy) (1910.01.08 – 1927.12.19)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1927.12.19 – 1948.03.29)

Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) (1927.12.19 – 1948.03.29)

Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi (later Cardinal)
(1926.03.21 – 1927.12.19)

Born:	1866.11.04 (Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1890.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.01.08
Created Cardinal:	1935.12.16
Died:	1943.11.25 (Vatican City State † 77)

Substitute of Sacred College of Cardinals (1909 – 1921.12.29)

Cleric Prelate of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1914.06.14 – 1921.12.29)

Archivist of Sacred College of Cardinals (1915 – 1921.12.29)

Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1921.12.29 – 1935.12.16)

Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities (1921.12.29 – 1935.12.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (Italy) (1926.03.21 – 1927.12.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1935.12.19 – 1943.11.25)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vincenzo Celli (1927.04.08 – 1951.10.17)