Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Diocese of Ales-Terralba | |
Basic data | |
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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.
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