The Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata is a
Latin Church
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missionary territory or
apostolic prefecture of the
Catholic Church
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in
Misurata,
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
.
It is
exempt to the
Holy See
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and not part of any
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
. The apostolic prefecture has been vacant since 1969.
History
The Prefecture was established on 22 June 1939, on territory split from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana (now renamed Tripoli).
Ordinaries
All
Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) and from
Italy
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;Apostolic Prefects of Misurata
* Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli (O.F.M.) (1948.02.20 – 1951.04.05) (later
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of
Attæa and Apostolic Vicar of
Tripolitana
Tripolitania ( ar, طرابلس '; ber, Ṭrables, script=Latn; from Vulgar Latin: , from la, Regio Tripolitana, from grc-gre, Τριπολιτάνια), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province o ...
)
* Illuminato Colombo, O.F.M. (1951.04.20 – 1957)
* Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. (1958.12.05 – 1969.06.26 ''see below'')
*
apostolic administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...
Guido Attilio Previtali (''see above''; 1969.08.04 – 1985.05.03), Titular Bishop of
Sozusa in Libya, Apostolic Vicar of
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to:
Cities and other geographic units Greece
*Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Libya
The Catholic Church in Libya is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Characteristics
Among the Catholics are Italian Libyans and Maltese Libyans. Thousands of Filipino Catholic nurses mov ...
Source and External links
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Apostolic prefectures
Roman Catholic dioceses in Libya