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Archdiocese of Oristano Archidioecesis Arborensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Oristano |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,112 km2 (1,202 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 135,000 (est.) 133,800 (est.) (99.1%) |
Parishes | 85 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11th century |
Cathedral | Oristano Cathedral |
Secular priests | 99 (diocesan) 26 (Religious Orders) 5 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
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.
Since 2019 the Archbishop of Oristano has been Roberto Carboni.
It would appear that a process has begun to permanently unite the diocese of Ales-Terralba and the archdiocese of Oristano. 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. [1] 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'). [2]
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