Diocese of Nuoro
Nuoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nuoro, Italy
The Diocese of Nuoro is a Latin Church diocese on the east-central coast of Sardinia, Italy, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagliari. Its cathedral is dedicated to Santa Maria della Neve and Bishop Antonio Mura has led it since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12th century
- Latin
- Nuoren(sis)
- Patron
- S. Maria della Neve
- Annuario code
- 001002431
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 115,606
- Population
- 116,360
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 99.4%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 1,779
- Extent
- 2,806 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- Antonio Mura
- Born
- 28 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Bortigali
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
Nuoro Cathedral stands in Nuoro, 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:
- Archdiocese of CagliariCagliari
- Diocese of IglesiasIglesias
- Diocese of LanuseiLanusei
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the east-central coast of Sardinia, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, sits the Diocese of Nuoro (Latin: Dioecesis Nuorensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. Its history runs through several names: the diocese of Galtellì until 1779, then Galtellì-Nuoro until 1928, when it took its present name of Nuoro.
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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.