Diocese of Loreto
ab Alma Domo Lauretana
Territorial prelature immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Loreto, Italy
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.
The see
- Rank
- Territorial prelature immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1965
- Latin
- ab Alma Domo Lauretana
- Patron
- Madonna di Loreto
- Annuario code
- 001000279
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 11,150
- Population
- 11,694
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.3%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 265
- Extent
- 17 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 656
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Fabio Dal Cin
- Born
- 23 January 1965
- Birthplace
- Vittorio Veneto
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Basilica della Santa Casa stands in Loreto, 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
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.