Diocese of Iglesias

Diocese of Iglesias Dioecesis Ecclesiensis
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Cagliari
Statistics
Area	1,678 km2 (648 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 121,253 120,000 (est.)
Parishes	64
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 May 1763 (262 years ago)
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Chiara d’Assisi
Secular priests	60 (diocesan) 4 (Religious Orders) 5 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Mario Farci
Metropolitan Archbishop	Giuseppe Baturi
Bishops emeritus	Giovanni Paolo Zedda
Map
Website
www.diocesidiiglesias.it

Parishes of Iglesias diocese

The Diocese of Iglesias (Latin : Dioecesis Ecclesiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The Diocese of Sulci was an episcopal seat as early as the seventh century. After its decline the bishop of Sulci took up his residence at the village of Tratalias. ^[3]

In 1503, the seat was officially moved to Iglesias.

In 1514, the Diocese was reunited with the Archdiocese of Cagliari.

In 1763, the see was re-established, and Luigi Satta appointed bishop.^{[ citation needed ]}

Tratalias cathedral

The cathedral of Iglesias (then Villa di Chiesa) was erected by the Pisans in 1285, but has been restored in later times. ^[4] The previous cathedral located in Tratalias was built in a Pisan Romanesque style between 1213 and 1282.

Bishops

• Luigi Satta (1763–1772) ^[5]
• Giovanni Ignazio Gautier (1772–1773) ^[6]
• Francesco Antonio Deplano (1775–1781) ^[7]
• Giacinto Francesco Rolfi, O.E.S.A. (1783–1789) ^[8]
• Giuseppe Domenico Porqueddu (1792–1799) ^[9]
• Nicolo Navoni (1800–1819 Confirmed, Archbishop of Cagliari) ^[10]
• Giovanni Nepomuceno Ferdiani (1819–1841 Died)

Sede vacante (1841–1844)

[ Raimondo Orrù (1842) ]

[ Giovanni Stephano Masala (1842) ] ^[11]

• Giovanni Battista Montixi (1844–1884 Died)
• Raimondo Ingheo-Ledda (1884–1907 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Dallepiane (1911–1920 Died)
• Saturnino Peri (1920–1929 Resigned)
• Giovanni Pirastru (1930–1970 Retired) ^[12]
• Giovanni Cogoni (1970–1992 Retired) ^[13]
• Arrigo Miglio (1992–1999 Appointed, Bishop of Ivrea)
• Tarcisio Pillolla (1999–2007 Retired)
• Giovanni Paolo Zedda (8 March 2007 – 6 October 2022 Retired)
• Mario Farci (30 Nov 2024)

Notes and references

1. "Diocese of Iglesias", Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
2. "Diocese of Iglesias", GCatholic.org. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
3. Hundreds of churches scattered in the territory of Sulcis-Iglesiente – Sardinia churches, Sardegne.com. Accessed 8 March 2024.
4. U. Benigni, "Iglesias, diocese of", in: The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7 (New York: Robert Appleton 1910), pp. 638-639.
5. Born in the village of Orgosolo (diocese of Calgari), Satta had been a canon and Vicar-general of the diocese of Algharo. He was nominated bishop of Iglesias by Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy, the King of Sardinia, on 6 July 1763, and was appointed by Pope Clement XIII in the papal consistory of 26 September 1763. He died in Iglesias in April 1772. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 204 with note 2. Benigni is in serious error in making Giovanni Gautier the first bishop of the restored diocese.
6. Gautier was born in Monreale (province of Turin), and held a doctorate in theology fom the University of Turin (1748). He was a canon of Monreale. He was nominated by Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia, on 17 June 1772, and approved by Pope Clement XIV in the consistory of 7 September 1772. He was consecrated in Monreale on 4 October 1772. He died in Iglesias in October 1773. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 204 with note 3.
7. Deplano: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 204 with note 4.
8. Rolfi: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 204 with note 5.
9. Born in Senorbi (archdiocese of Cagliari), Porqueddu was a doctor of theology, and had been Canon Theoogus in the cathedral of Oristano. He was also Vicar-general, when he was nominated bishop of Iglesias by Victor Amadeus III of Savoy, on 11 January 1792. He was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 26 March 1792. He died in 1799. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 204 with note 6.
10. Navoni: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 126, 183.
11. A native of Oristano, Masala held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure . He was the parish priest of Gestori. He refused the appointment before being consecrated a bishop. Cappelletti, p. 92.
12. Pirastru had been archpriest of Bonorva in the diocese of Torres (Sassari). He was appointed bishop of Iglesias by Pope Pius XI on 22 July 1930. Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 23 (1930), p. 345.
13. Cogoni had been a canon of the cathedral of Cagliari. He was named bishop of Iglesias by Pope Paul VI on 7 September 1970. Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 62 (1970), p. 643.

Sources

Episcopal lists

• 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

• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 83–93..
• Martini, Pietro (1841). Storia ecclesiastica di Sardegna. Volume 3 Cagliari: Stamperia Reale, 1841. (pp. 323-325), and Aggiunte, p.87.
• 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. 120-138. (Selci)
• Turtas, Raimondo (1996), "La Diocesi di Sulci tra il 5. e il 13. secolo", (in Italian), in: Sandalion Vol. 18 (1995 pubbl. 1996), pp. 147-170.

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