Diocese of Ozieri
Diocese of Ozieri | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Sardinia |
Ecclesiastical province | Sassari |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sassari |
Diocesan bishop | Corrado Melis |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Sergio Pintor |
founding | 1804 |
surface | 2,288 km² |
Parishes | 30 ( AP 2008 ) |
Residents | 54,500 ( AP 2008 ) |
Catholics | 53,500 ( AP 2008 ) |
proportion of | 98.2% |
Diocesan priest | 55 ( AP 2008 ) |
Religious priest | 4 ( AP 2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 907 |
Permanent deacons | 0 ( AP 2008 ) |
Friars | 4 ( AP 2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 50 ( AP 2008 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Cattedrale della Immacolata Concezione |
address | Piazza Episcopio 1, 07014 Ozieri [Sassari], Italia |
Website | http://www.diocesiozieri.it/ |
The Diocese of Ozieri ( Latin : Dioecesis Octeriensis o Othierensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy , located in Sardinia . The bishopric is in the city of Ozieri .
It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Sassari in the ecclesiastical region of Sardinia and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sassari .
history
The diocese was founded in the 13th century as Bisarchio (Latin: Dioecesis Bisarchiensis ) and dissolved on December 8, 1503. In 1804 it was re-established under its old name and renamed the Diocese of Ozieri on February 12, 1915.