Diocese of Ales-Terralba

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Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Map of the Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Sardinia
Ecclesiastical province Oristano
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Oristano
Diocesan bishop Sedis vacancy
Emeritus diocesan bishop Antonino Orrù
Giovanni Dettori
founding 1986
surface 1,494 km²
Parishes 57 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Residents 94,660 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics 94,413 (2018 / AP 2019 )
proportion of 99.7%
Diocesan priest 56 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious priest 6 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics per priest 1,523
Permanent deacons 5 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Friars 6 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious sisters 86 (2018 / AP 2019 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral San Pietro in Ales
Co-cathedral San Pietro Apostolo in Terralba
address Vescovado
Via Episcopio 7
09091 Ales [Oristano], Italia
Website diocesialesterralba.va.it

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales-Terralba ( lat. Dioecesis Uxellensis-Terralbensis , ital. Diocese of Ales-Terralba ) is an on Sardinia located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , based in Ales .

It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Oristano in the ecclesiastical region of Sardinia and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Oristano .

history

The diocese of Ales was founded in the 7th century, the diocese of Terralba in the 12th century. On December 8, 1503, the two dioceses were united.

  • Cathedral of San Pietro in Ales

  • Church of Sant'Antonio in Sardara

  • Santa Maria di Malta church in Guspini

See also

Web links

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