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Diocese of Nuoro

Diocese of Nuoro
Dioecesis Nuorensis
Nuoro - Cattedrale S. Maria della Neve.jpg
Cathedral of Nuoro
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Cagliari
Statistics
Area 2,806 km2 (1,083 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
123,906
122,526 (98.9%)
Parishes 46
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 12th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria delle Neve
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Mosè Marcia
Emeritus Bishops Pietro Meloni
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Catholic diocese of Nuoro (Latin: Dioecesis Nuorensis) is in Sardinia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. Historically it was the diocese of Galtellì until 1779, and then the diocese of Galtellì-Nuoro until 1928.

Galtellì was an episcopal see in 1138, when Pope Innocent II made it a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa; later, it was directly subject to the Holy See. In 1495, it was suppressed by Alexander VI, and its territory united to the diocese of Cagliari. In 1787, at the request of King Victor Emmanuel III, it was re-established, but the bishop continued to live at Nuoro. Among its bishops was Fra Arnolfo de Bissalis (1366).

Erected: 12th Century Latin Name: Galtellinensis

Name Changed: 21 July 1779
Latin Name: Galtellinensis-Nuorensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cagliari

Name Changed: 27 January 1928
Latin Name: Nuorensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cagliari


 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 


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