Diocese of Ozieri

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Diocese of Ozieri
Map of the Diocese of Ozieri
Basic data
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.

See also

Web links

Cattedrale della Immacolata Concezione in Ozieri