Diocese of Ozieri
Octerien(sis) seu Othieren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ozieri, Italy
The Diocese of Ozieri is a Latin Church diocese in Sardinia, Italy, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari. It was established under its current name in 1915 from the suppressed Diocese of Bisarcio.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1915
- Latin
- Octerien(sis) seu Othieren(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Antíoco de Sulcis<li>Nuestra Señora del Reino
- Annuario code
- 001002506
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 43,219
- Population
- 43,872
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,235
- Extent
- 2,269 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Corrado Melis
- Born
- 11 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Sardara
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
Cattedrale dell'Immacolata Concezione stands in Ozieri, 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 Sassari
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sassari.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alghero–BosaAlghero–Bosa
- Archdiocese of SassariSassari
- Diocese of Tempio–AmpuriasTempio–Ampurias
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the island of Sardinia in Italy sits the Diocese of Ozieri (Latin: Dioecesis Octeriensis o Othierensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church that serves as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.