Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias
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Diocese of Iglesias Dioecesis Ecclesiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Cagliari |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,678 km2 (648 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 145,600 145,000 (99.6%) |
Parishes | 64 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 18 May 1763 (260 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Chiara d’Assisi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Giovanni Paolo Zedda |
Bishops emeritus | Tarcisio Pillolla |
Website | |
www.diocesidiiglesias.it |
The Italian Catholic diocese of Iglesias (Latin: Dioecesis Ecclesiensis) is in Sardinia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari.[1]
History
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Sulci was an episcopal seat as early as the seventh century. After its decline the bishop of Sulci took up his residence at the village of Tratalias;[2] in 1503 the seat was officialy moved to Iglesias but in 1514 the Diocese was reunited with that of Cagliari.
In 1763 the see was re-established, and Giovanni Ignazio Gautier appointed bishop.
The cathedral of Iglesias (then Villa di Chiesa) was erected by the Pisans in 1285, but has been restored in later times.[3] The previous cathedral located in Tratalias was built in a Pisan-Romanesque style between 1213 and 1282.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}
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