Roman Catholic Diocese of Lanusei

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Diocese of Lanusei

Dioecesis Oleastrensis
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Cathedral of Lanusei
Location
CountryItaly
Metropolitan Cagliari
Statistics
Area2,348 km2 (907 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
69,129
68,943 (99.7%)
Parishes34
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established8 November 1824 (199 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Maddalena
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Antonio Mura
Metropolitan Archbishop Giuseppe Butari
Bishops emeritus Antioco Piseddu
Map
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Website
www.diocesidilanusei.it

The Diocese of Lanusei (Latin : Dioecesis Oleastrensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia; before 1986 it was the diocese of Ogliastra. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. [1] [2]

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History

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Parishes of Lanusei diocese

Ogliastra was formerly under the Archbishop of Cagliari. Pope Leo XII, at the petition of King Charles Felix of Sardinia, by a bull of 11 November 1824, erected Ogliastra into a diocese, suffragan of Cagliari, with the Capuchin Serafino Carchero for its first bishop.

Tortoli, the episcopal seat, was in the district of Lanusei. Other bishops were:

Ordinaries

Bishop Mura was appointed as apostolic administrator after his appointment to Nuoro, Pope Francis appointed him to the see of Lanusei again, in addition to his current role as Bishop of Nuoro (uniting in persona Episcopi the dioceses of Nuoro and Lanusei).

Notes

  1. "Diocese of Lanusei", Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. "Diocese of Lanusei", GCatholic.org. Accessed 27 February 2024.
  3. PD-icon.svg Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Ogliastra". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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