Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias

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Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
Map of the diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
Basic data
Country Italy
Church region Sardinia
Ecclesiastical province Sassari
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Sassari
Diocesan bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Vicar General Andrea Raffatellu
surface 2,695 km²
Vicariates 4 (12/15/2008)
Parishes 52 ( AP2015 )
Residents 165.100 ( AP2015 )
Catholics 161,600 ( AP2015 )
proportion of 97.9%
Diocesan priest 78 ( AP2015 )
Religious priest 10 ( AP2015 )
Catholics per priest 1,836
Permanent deacons 2 ( AP2015 )
Friars 12 ( AP2015 )
Religious sisters 84 ( AP2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Italian
cathedral San Pietro Apostolo
Website www.diocesitempioampurias.it

The diocese Tempio-Ampurias ( Latin Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis , Italian Diocesi di Tempio-Ampurias ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy located in Sardinia . The bishopric is in the city of Tempio Pausania .

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

history

The diocese Tempio was founded in the 4th century, the Diocese Ampurias in the 12th century. On September 30, 1986 both bishoprics were united.

Web links

Cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo in Tempio