Archdiocese of Oristano

Archdiocese of Oristano Archidioecesis Arborensis
Oristano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Oristano
Statistics
Area	3,112 km2 (1,202 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 126,978 126,549  (99.7%)
Parishes	85
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11th century
Cathedral	Oristano Cathedral
Secular priests	83 (diocesan) 1 (Religious Orders) 3 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Roberto Carboni, O.F.M.Conv.
Suffragans	Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Bishops emeritus	Pier Giuliano Tiddia, Ignazio Sanna
Website
www.diocesioristano.it

The Archdiocese of Oristano (Latin : Archidioecesis Arborensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It was created in the eleventh century. Its only suffragan is the Diocese of Ales-Terralba.

History

The judiciate of Arborea is already known by 1073, when the Iudex Orzocor is appealed to by the newly elected Pope Gregory VII for fealty and support for the Roman Church. An archbishopric is not mentioned. ^[1]

Pope Urban II (1088–1099) granted the Church of Arborea his protection; this grant was confirmed by Pope Eugenius III (1145–1153), and by Pope Honorius III in 1224. ^[2] At the end of the 12th century, the Liber Censuum indicates that the Church of Arborea owed an annual payment of 6 livres of silver. ^[3]

By 1157, the archbishops of Arborea already had a palace in the town of Oristano. ^[4]

The city of Arborea was destroyed by Pisan forces in April 1164. The attack was led by Parasson, the Judex of Torres and his Pisan brothers and uncle, and by Peter, the Judex of Cagliari, the brother of Parasson of Torres. They burned the palaces, the homes, and anything else that was combustible; they carried off men, women and spoils. The Judex of Arborea fled to the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa; he also promised the Genoese that he would turn over the entire island of Sardinia. The emperor sent his legates and eight galleys to Arborea. ^[5]

In a bull of 11 April 1176, Pope Alexander III confirmed privileges granted by Innocent II and Hadrian IV, granting the archbishops of Pisa the status of primate of the ecclesiastical province of Torres. ^[6] In 1176, the pope extended the status of primate over the provinces of Cagliari and Arborea, which included the right to summon bishops in those provinces to his councils and synods, the right to correct their excesses, and the right to have them adhere to apostolic doctrine. The primates could not, however, summon the archbishops to councils in Pisa without the permission of the pope. ^[7] In October 1186, Pope Urban III confirmed the privileges granted to the archbishops of Pisa. ^[8]

In the thirteenth century, the archdiocese of Arborea had three suffragan (subordinate) dioceses: Ales (Usellus), Santa Giusta, and Terralba. ^[9]

On 24 April 1296, Pope Boniface VIII united the dioceses of Arborea (Oristano) and Tyre. ^[10]

The diocese of Santa Giusta was suppressed in 1503, and its territory was assigned to the Archdiocese of Oristano (Arborea). The abolition and transfer did not take effect immediately. Pope Leo X issued a bull on 15 July 1515, confirming the bull of Pope Julius II. The titulature became "Archbishop of Oristano and Bishop of Santa Giusta." ^[11]

Since 2019, the Archbishop of Oristano has been Roberto Carboni.

Archbishops

To 1350

...

• c. 1146 : Comita de Laccone ^[12]

...

• 1202–1223 : Bernardo
• 1224–1253 : Torgotorio de Muru
• 1254– A...
• 1261– Torgotorio Cocco
• 1268–1279  : Aleardus, O.Min. ^[13]

   ○ [ (1279/80) : Egidius ] ^[14]

   ○ [ (1279/80) : Daniel ] ^[15]

• 1280–1289 : Pietro ^[16]
• 1296–1299 : Scolay de Ardigellis ^[17]
• 1299           : Alamanno, O.F.M. ^[18]
• 1299–1301 : Consiglio Gatto, O.P. ^[19]
• 1301–1305 : Leonardo Aragall, O.F.M. ^[20]
• 1306–1308 : Ugone, Administrator ^[21]
• 1308–1312 : Oddone della Sala ^[22]
• 1312–1339 : Guido Cattaneo
• 1340–1342 : Giovanni de Paperonibus
• 1342–1346 : Giovanni di Cambray
• 1342–1349 : Pietro Munichi

1350 to 1621

• 1349–1360 : Nicolò
• 1360–1363 : Bernardo
• 1363–1377 : Ambrogio
• 1377–1378/9 : Enrico
• 1379– : Joannes Salati, O.P., Avignon Obedience ^[23]
• 1382–1386 : Giacomo
• 1386–1387 : Gonario
• 1387–1392 : Leonardo De Zori, Roman Obedience ^[24]
• 1392–1396 : Corrado da Cloaco, Roman Obedience ^[25]
• 1396–1400 : Ubaldino Cambi, Roman Obedience
• 1400–1403 : Mariano Fabario, Roman Obedience
• 1403–1404 : Paolo Olemi, Roman Obedience
• 1404 : Bartholomaeus Ghini, Roman Obedience
• 1404–1406 : Nicola Berruto, Roman Obedience
• 1406–1414 : Bertrando Flores, Roman Obedience ^[26]
• 1414–1437 : Elia di Palmas
• 1437–1450 : Lorenzo Squinto ^[27]
• 1450–1454 : Giorgio Attacco
• 1454–1460 : Giacomo D'Alberale ^[28]
• 1460–1462 : Francesco Arnesti
• 1462–1485 : Giovanni Dessì
• 1485–1492 : Ferdinando Romano
• 1492–1510 Giacomo Serra
• 1510–1517 Pietro Serra De Munoz ^[29]
• 1517–1520 Giovanni Briselot
• 1520–1530 Giovanni Clerc
• 1530–1535 Agostino Grimaldi
• 1536– Goffredo Pugiasson
• 1537–1554 Carlo de Alagon
• 1554–1556 Andrea Sanna
• 1556–1565 Pietro Sanna
• 1566–1571 Gerolamo Barberano
• 1572–1574 Pietro Buerba
• 1574–1577 Pietro Noarro
• 1578–1588 Francesco Figo
• 1588–1621 Antonio Canopolo

1621 to 1900

• 1621–1627 : Lorenzo Nieto, O.S.B. ^[30]
• 1627–1641 : Gavino Magliano
• 1641–1657 : Pietro de Vico
• 1657–1684 : Alfonso de Sotomajor
• 1664–1671 : Bernardo Cotoner
• 1672–1685 : Pietro de Alagon ^[31]
• 1685–1702 : Pietro de Accorrà y Figo ^[32]
• 1704–1717 : Francesco Masones y Nin ^[33]
• 1726–1740 : Antonio Nin ^[34]
• 1741–1744 : Vincenzo Giovanni Vico Torrellas ^[35]
• 1744–1746 : Nicolò Maurizio Fontana ^[36]
• 1746–1772 : Luigi Emanuele de Carretto di Camerana ^[37]
• 1772–1776 : Antonio Romano Malingri ^[38]
• 1778–1783 : Giacomo Francesco Tommaso Astesan ^[39]
• 1783–1798 : Giuseppe Luigi Cusano di Sagliano ^[40]
• 1798–1812 : Francesco Maria Sisternes de Oblites ^[41]
• 1812–1821 : Giovanni Maria Azzei
• 1828–1840 : Giovanni Maria Bua
• 1842–1860 : Giovanni Saba
• 1872–1878 : Antonio Soggiu
• 1879–1882 : Bonfiglio Mura
• 1882 : Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra
• 1893–1898 : Francesco Zunnui Casula

Since 1900

• 1899–1914 : Salvatore Tolu
• 1914–1920 : Ernesto Maria Piovella
• 1921–1938 : Giorgio Maria Delrio
• 1938–1947 : Giuseppe Cogoni
• 1947–1979 : Sebastiano Fraghì
• 1979–1985 : Francesco Spanedda
• 1986–2006 : Pier Giuliano Tiddia
• 2006–2019 : Ignazio Sanna
• 2019–pres. : Roberto Carboni ^[42]

References

1. Kehr, p. 380, no. 29. He is not to be confused with another Orzocor, who was Iudex of Cagliari at the same time: "Gregorius VII Mariano Turrensi, Orzocco Arborensi, item Orzocco Caralitano, Constantino Callurensi iudicibus Sardiniae...."
2. Kehr, p. 454, no. 1. Pietro Pressutti, Regesta Honorii Papae III(in Latin) Vol. 2 (Roma: Typ. Vaticana 1895), p. 256, no. 5039.
3. Kehr, p. 453.
4. Kehr, p. 447. Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae Vol. 1, p. 220, no. 64: "Actum in ARISTANO apud ecclesiam Sanctae Dei Genitricis Mariae archyepiscopatus Arboreae in palatio archyepiscopi eiusdem ecclesiae...."
5. Cappelletti, p. 227. Ludovico ANtonio Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores Vol. VI (Milan: Typ. Palatina in curia regia 1725), pp. 175-176.
6. Kehr, pp. 382-383, nos. 40 and 46.
7. Kehr, p. 384, no. 50.
8. Philippus Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum(in Latin) Vol. 2, second edition (Leipzig: Veit 1888), p. 506, no. 15685.
9. Eubel I, p. 541, Sardinia no. 3. Cappelletti, p. 228.
10. Cappelletti, p. 228. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 101, note 1.
11. Angelo Scintu, Raccolta di memorie d'Arborea(in Italian) (Oristano: Tip. Arborense 1873), p. 153.
12. Comita: Mattei, p. 238. Cappelletti, p. 229.
13. The Chapter had elected Fr. Joannes, O.Min., but he was rejected. Aleardus, who had been archbishop of Ragusa (Dalmatia) since 1258, was transferred to Arborea on 3 November 1268 by Pope Clement IV. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, pp. 101 with note 4; 411.
14. Egidius had been archpriest of the cathedral Chapter of Torres (Sassari). He was elected, and submitted to the pope for confirmation, but died. Jules Gay, Les registres de Nicolas III(in Latin), 4th fasc. (Paris: E. de Boccard 1932), pp. 289-290, no. 653.
15. Daniel, O.Cist., had been a monk of the monastery of Stamedeus in Burgundy. After the death of Egidius, he was elected by the Chapter and submitted for papal approval, but died. Jules Gay, Les registres de Nicolas III, p. 289, no. 653.
16. After the funeral of archbishop-elect Daniel, the Chapter met and appointed a committee to exercise the Way of Compromise, the Archpriest Arsoto, and Canons Trogodorius and Albertus. They chose Pietro, a monk of the monastery of S. Prosper Reginensis, and submitted his name to the pope for confirmation. A committee of 3 cardinals examined both the election and the candidate, and after their approval he was confirmed by Pope Nicholas III on 20 April 1280. He died after December 1289. Mattei, Sardinia sacra, pp. 241-242. Jules Gay, p. 290, no. 653.
17. Following the death of Archbishop Scolay of Arborea and Tyre, the Chapter met and decided to proceed by the Way of Compromise. The committee chose Bishop Rainerius of Ploeghe, and his electoral documents were submitted to Pope Boniface VIII, who placed them in the hands of three cardinals for examination. Rainerius' personal qualifications were approved, but other considerations caused his election to be rejected. The Franciscan Alamannus was appointed by the pope instead, and he was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Matthew, Bishop of Porto. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII(in Latin) Vol. 2 (Paris: E. Thorin 1890), pp. 401-402, no. 3046.
18. Fr. Alamanno was appointed by Pope Boniface VIII on 28 April 1299. He died before 21 November 1299. Eubel I, p. 101.
19. A Dominican friar, Consiglio was a papal chaplain and a papal penitentiary. He wwas appointed archbishop of Arborea and of Tyre by Pope Boniface VIII on 21 November 1299. He was transferred to the archdiocese of Conza on 30 January 1301. He died in 1328. Cappelletti, p. 235. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII(in Latin) Vol. 2 (Paris: E. Thorin 1890), pp. 503-504, no. 3250. Eubel I, pp. 101, 203.
20. Leonardo had been the private seecretary and penitentiary of Cardinal Gerardo Bianchi, papal legate in Sicily. He was bishop of Tricarico from 1284 to 1301. He was appointed archbishop of Arborea and of Tyre on 28 February 1301, by Pope Boniface VIII. Mattei, p. 243. Eubel I, pp. 101, 496.
21. On 26 February 1306, Bishop Hugo, O.P., of the titular see of Caban (Bybliensis, Armenia), was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the dioceses of Arborea and Tyre, by Pope Clement V. He was transferred to the diocese of Pola (Istria) on 19 March 1308. Regestum Clementis Papae V Vol. 1 (Roma: Typographia Vaticana 1885), p. 48, no. 263. Eubel I, pp. 101, 404. He is called Guido by Mattei, p. 243, col. 2.
22. A native of Pisa, Oddo had been bishop of Terralba (1297), then bishop of Pola (1302–1308). He was appointed archbishop of Arborea by Pope Clement V on 30 March 1308, while at the same time the Administrator, Bishop Ugo, was transferred to Pola. Archbishop Oddo della Sala was transferred to the archbishopric of Pisa on 10 May 1312. On 6 June 1323, he was named Patriarch of Alexandria. Cappelletti, p. 236. Regestum Clementis Papae V Vol. 3 (Roma: Typographia Vaticana 1886), p. 71, no. 2628. Eubel I, pp. 82, 101, 400, 404.
23. Joannes Salati: Eubel I, p. 101.
24. Leonardo was appointed by Urban VI on 22 October 1387. Eubel I, p. 102 with note 12.
25. Conradus had been Bishop of Amelia (1390–1392). He was transferred to Oristano by Boniface IX on 5 December 1392. He was transferred to the diocese of Noli on 13 September 1396. Eubel I, pp. 102, 358.
26. Bertrand was removed, as a supporter of Gregory XII, who was deposed in 1409 by the Council of Pisa for heresy and schism. Eubel I, p. 102.
27. Squinto was granted his bulls on 3 April 1437. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica II, p. 92
28. Jacobus Sancti Angeli: Mattei, p. 247, column 1. Eubel II, p. 92 with note 2.
29. Serra died as archbishop-elect. Mattei, p. 248. Cappelletti, p. 238. Eubel III, p. 115 with notes 4 and 5.
30. Nieto had been Bishop of Ales (1605–1613), and then Bishop of Algharo (1613–1621). He was nominated by the king of Spain, and appointed archbishop of Oristano on 25 October 1621, by Pope Paul V (Borghese). He died in the winter of 1627. Mattei, p. 251. Cappelletti, p. 240. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 78; 91 with note 2; 355 with note 3.
31. Pietro had been Bishop of Ampurias (1669–1672). He was appointed archbishop of Oristano on 15 January 1672, by Pope Clement X. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, pp. 82; 95 with note 2.
32. Pietro de Accorrà: Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 95 with note 3.
33. Francesco Masones y Nin: Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 95 with note 4.
34. Nin was appointed in the papal consistory of 16 December 1726, by Pope Benedict XIII. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 95 with note 5.
35. Born in Cagliari in 1704, Vico held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Cagliari, 1729). He was archpriest of Iglesias (Sulci), and had then been Bishop of Ampurias e Civita (1737–1741). He was nominated archbishop of Arborea by the King of Sardinia, Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy, on 29 March 1741, and was approved by on 3 July 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV. He died in Oristano in August 1744. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 80 with note 3; p. 95 with note 2.
36. Maurizio: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 95 with note 3.
37. De Carretto: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 95 with note 4.
38. Malingi: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 95 with note 5.
39. Tommaso: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 96 with note 6.
40. Cusano: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 96 with note 7.
41. Sisternes: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 96 with note 8.
42. The Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv., was promoted on 4 May 2019 to be Archbishop of Oristano and on the same date was appointed Apostolic Administrator of his former diocese of Ales-Terralba. "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.05.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019. However, on 3 July 2021, without losing his position as Archbishop of Oristano, he was reappointed Bishop of Ales-Terralba. The announcement specifies that this act unifies the two dioceses in persona Episcopi ('in the person of the Bishop'): "Rinunce e Nomine, 03.07.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 30 Oct 2021.

Sources

Episcopal Reference Works

• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 1 (Tomus 1) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 101–102.. Archived.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 2 (Tomus 2) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 92.. Archived.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1923). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 3 (Tomus 3) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 115.. Archived.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 838-839. (Use with caution; obsolete)
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi (in Latin). Vol. V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi (in Latin). Vol. 6 (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. 7 (1800–1846). Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. 8 (1846–1903). Il Messaggero di S. Antonio.
• Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. 9 (1903–1922). Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. ISBN   978-88-250-1000-8.

Studies

• Besta, Enrico. "Per la storia dell'Arborea nella prima metà del secolo decimoterzo." (in Italian). In: Archivio storico sardo Vol. 3 (Cagliari-Sassari 1907), pp. 323-334.
• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 227–244..
• Kehr, Paul Fridolin. (Ed. D. Girgensohn). Italia Pontificia(in Latin), Vol. X: Calabria – Insulae (Turici: Weidmann 1975). pp. 453-454.
• Martini, Pietro (1841). Storia ecclesiastica di Sardegna. Volume 3 Cagliari: Stamperia Reale, 1841. (pp. 355-359).
• Mattei, Antonio Felice (1758). Sardinia sacra seu De episcopis Sardis historia nunc primò confecta a F. Antonio Felice Matthaejo. (in Latin). Romae: ex typographia Joannis Zempel apud Montem Jordanum, 1758. pp. 233-253.

External links

• "Official website" (in Italian).
• Diocese of Oristano, "Press office" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-07-31. (diocesan events of 2007)
• David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Archdiocese of Oristano"; retrieved: 30 January 2026.^{[ self-published source ]}
• Gabriel Chow, GCatholic.org, "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oristano;" retrieved: 30 January 2026.^{[ self-published source ]}

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Oristano". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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