Diocese of Iglesias

Ecclesien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iglesias, Italy

The Diocese of Iglesias is a Latin Church diocese in Sardinia, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cagliari. It was erected as an independent see in 1763, succeeding the ancient Diocese of Sulci.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1763
Latin: Ecclesien(sis)
Patron: san Antíoco de Sulcis
Annuario code: 001001646

The see in figures

Catholics: 120,000
Population: 121,253
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 99.0%
Priests: 60
Catholics per priest: 2,000
Extent: 1,678 km²
Catholics per km²: 72

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: Mario Farci
Born: 9 May 1967
Birthplace: Quartu Sant’Elena

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

Cathedral of Saint Clare of Assisi stands in Iglesias, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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

The province of Cagliari

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cagliari.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.