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Territorial prelature immediately subject to the Holy See Loreto, Italy

Diocese of Loreto

ab Alma Domo Lauretana

Latin Church

Loreto is a Latin Church territorial prelature in the Marche region of Italy, elevated to its current status in 1965 and immediately subject to the Holy See. It centers on the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto and has been led by prelate Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin since 2017.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Basilica della Santa Casa, in Loreto, Italy.

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Established
1965
Catholics
11,150
Priests
42
Territory
17 km²

Parishes and churches

5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Fabio Dal Cin
Born
23 January 1965
Birthplace
Vittorio Veneto

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The cathedral

Basilica della Santa Casa stands in Loreto, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Home to the Holy House of Loreto, this territorial prelature of the Latin Church (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis ab Alma Domo Lauretana) was raised to that status on 24 June 1965. Its metropolitan see is the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo, and its rite is the Latin (or Roman) rite. The prelature covers just 17 square kilometers (6.6 sq mi), with an address at Piazza della Madonna 1, 60025 Loreto [Ancona], Italia. Of a total population of 11,537, some 96.2% are Catholic, served by two secular priests and 48 religious priests, 50 in all, roughly one priest for every 222 persons.

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