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Diocese of Alghero–Bosa

Algaren(sis)-Bosanen(sis)

The Diocese of Alghero-Bosa is a Latin diocese in Sardinia, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sassari. It took its current form in 1986 when the historic Diocese of Bosa was united with Alghero.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 September 1986
Latin
Algaren(sis)-Bosanen(sis)
Patron
<li>santos Emilio y Príamo<li>Nuestra Señora de Valverde<li>san Miguel Arcángel
Annuario code
001000646

The see in figures

Catholics
102,195
Population
103,153
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
99.1%
Priests
50
Catholics per priest
2,044
Extent
2,012 km²
Catholics per km²
51

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B.

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Alghero Cathedral stands in Alghero–Bosa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Bosa Cathedral.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Sassari

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sassari.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

On Sardinia, insular Italy, the Latin Church diocese of Alghero-Bosa (Latin: Dioecesis Algarensis-Bosanensis) stands as a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari. The bishops have their seat at Alghero Cathedral, while Bosa Cathedral serves the diocese as a co-cathedral.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.