Diocese of Iglesias Dioecesis Ecclesiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Cagliari |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,678 km2 (648 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 145,600 145,000 (99.6%) |
Parishes | 64 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 18 May 1763 (261 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Chiara d’Assisi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mario Farci |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Giuseppe Baturi |
Bishops emeritus | Giovanni Paolo Zedda |
Map | |
Website | |
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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]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Iglesias". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.