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Apostolic Vicariate of

Tripoli

Libya Libya

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Immediately subject to the Holy See

History

  • 1630: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli
  • 1894: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Libya
  • 1927.02.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripolitana (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Cirenaica)
  • 1939.06.22: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli / Tripolitan(us) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (1985.05.03 – ...):Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (71)Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (71)

Titular Bishop of Tabuda

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Tripoli (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (71)Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (71)
(1985.05.03 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya)
Titular Bishop of Tabuda

Born:1942.02.05 (Libya)
Ordained Priest:1967.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1985.10.04

Titular Bishop of Tabuda (1985.05.03 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) (1985.05.03 – ...)

Bishop Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M.
(1969.06.26 – 1985.05.03)

Born:1914.02.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1939.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1969.09.07
Died:1989.12.11 († 75)

Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya) (1958.12.05 – 1969.06.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) (1969.06.26 – 1985.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya (1969.06.26 – 1989.12.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Misurata (Libya) (1969.08.04 – 1985.05.03)

Bishop Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M.
(1951.04.05 – 1967.03.10)

Born:1898.02.22
Ordained Priest:1924.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1951.05.20
Died:1967.03.10 († 69)

Prefect Apostolic of Misurata (Libya) (1948.02.20 – 1951.04.05)

Titular Bishop of Attæa (1951.04.05 – 1967.03.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) (1951.04.05 – 1967.03.10)

Bishop Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M.
(1936.03.09 – 1950.12.25)

Born:1883.05.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1907.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:1936.04.26
Died:1950.12.25 († 67)

Titular Bishop of Nicius (1936.03.09 – 1950.12.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (Libya) (1936.03.09 – 1950.12.25)

Vicars Apostolic of Tripolitana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M.
(1927.02.03 – 1935.04.16)

Born:1866.07.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1898.12
Consecrated Bishop:1919.11.02
Died:1935.04.16 († 68)

Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya) (1919.08.07 – 1927.02.03)

Titular Bishop of Parætonium (1919.08.07 – 1935.04.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Tripolitana (Libya) (1927.02.03 – 1935.04.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Libya (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giacinto Tonizza, O.F.M.
(1919.08.07 – 1927.02.03)

(see above)

Bishop Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M.
(1913.02.23 – 1919.03.10)

Born:1863.02.01 (Italy)
Died:1927.06.19 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna (1913.02.23 – 1919.03.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya) (1913.02.23 – 1919.03.10)

Bishop of Bagnoregio (1919.03.10 – 1924.03.24)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1924.03.24 – 1927.06.19)


as of 2013.06.08

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