Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata

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The Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in Misurata, Libya.

It is exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. 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 (O.F.M.) and from Italy

Apostolic Prefects of Misurata

• Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli (O.F.M.) (1948.02.20 – 1951.04.05) (later Titular Bishop of and Apostolic Vicar of Tripolitana)
• 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 Guido Attilio Previtali (see above; 1969.08.04 – 1985.05.03), Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Libya

Source and External links[]

• GigaCatholic

Coordinates: 32°23′02″N 15°04′48″E / 32.3840°N 15.0800°E / 32.3840; 15.0800