Apostolic Vicariate Tripoli
| Apostolic Vicariate Tripoli | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Libya |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Vicar | George Bugeja OFM |
| founding | 1630 |
| surface | 1,150,000 km² |
| Parishes | 2 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 6,668,430 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 15,160 ( 12/31/2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Religious priest | 1 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,160 |
| Friars | 1 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 8 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Arabic |
| cathedral | Church of Saint Francis in Tripoli, Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque (Tripoli) |
| address | PO Box 365, Dahra, Tripoli, Libya |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Tripolitanus ) is in Libya situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Tripoli .
history
Pope Urban VIII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Tripoli in 1630 from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Las Palmas ( ecclesiastical province of Valencia ). In 1894 she was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Libya .
On February 3, 1927, it lost part of its territory to the Apostolic Vicariate Cyrenaica and at the same time took the name, Apostolic Vicariate Tripolitana. On June 22, 1939, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Misrata and at the same time it received its current name.
Only one Catholic church is currently open in its territory, namely St. Francis in Tripoli. Like the Church of Maria Immacolata in Benghazi, the church is maintained by the Franciscan community of St. Paul the Apostle (Malta). The Catholic Cathedral of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Tripoli, inaugurated in 1928, has been used as the Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque since 1970 after the expropriation .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Libya
- Ludovico Antomelli OFM (February 23, 1913 to March 10, 1919, then Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea))
- Giacinto Tonizzo OFM (August 7, 1919 to February 3, 1927)
Vicars Apostolic of Tripolitana
- Giacinto Tonizzo OFM (February 3, 1927 to April 16, 1935, died)
- Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti OFM (March 9, 1936 to June 22, 1939)
Vicars Apostolic of Tripoli
- Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti OFM (June 22, 1939 to December 25, 1950, died)
- Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli OFM (April 5, 1951 to March 10, 1967, died)
- Guido Attilio Previtali OFM (June 26, 1969 to May 3, 1985, resigned)
- Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli OFM (May 3, 1985 to February 5, 2017)
- George Bugeja OFM (since February 5, 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry to Apostolic Vicariate Tripoli on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry to Apostolic Vicariate Tripoli on gcatholic.org (English)
- Catholic Church in Libya (Franciscan Province “Saint Paul the Apostle”, Malta)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vicariate Tripoli: St. Francis Catholic Church on ofm.org.mt , accessed June 17, 2020 (English)