Suffragan territorial prelature Pompei, Italy
Diocese of Pompei
Pompeian(us) seu Beatissimae Virginis Mariae a SS.mo Rosario
Latin Church
Pompei is a Latin Rite territorial prelature in Campania, Italy, centered on the Marian shrine founded by Blessed Bartolo Longo and given its current prelature status in 1951. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and led by Archbishop-Prelate Tommaso Caputo, who serves as Pontifical Delegate.
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- Established
- 1926
- Territory
- 2,000 km²
Parishes and churches
5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Maria Santissima Immacolata ConcezionePompeiView parish
- Sacro Cuore di GesùPompeiView parish
- San Giuseppe Sposo della Beata Vergine MariaPompeiView parish
- Santa Maria Assunta in CieloPompeiView parish
- Santissimo SalvatorePompeiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Tommaso Caputo
- Born
- 17 October 1950
- Birthplace
- Afragola
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The cathedral
Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei stands in Pompei, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Commissioned and co-founded by Bartolo Longo and his wife the Countess Mariana di Fusco, the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei (Italian: Pontificio Santuario della Beata Vergine del Santo Rosario di Pompei) stands in Pompei, Italy, as at once a Catholic cathedral, a Marian pontifical shrine, and a Pontifical minor basilica. It serves as the see of the Territorial Prelature of Pompei.