Diocese of Ales–Terralba
Uxellen(sis)-Terralben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ales–Terralba, Italy
The Diocese of Ales-Terralba is a Latin diocese in Sardinia, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Oristano. Since 2021 it has been led in persona Episcopi by the Archbishop of Oristano, Roberto Carboni.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Uxellen(sis)-Terralben(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000642
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 88,413
- Population
- 88,868
- Catholic share
- 99.5%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 1,551
- Extent
- 1,494 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 59
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv.
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 dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, Ales stands in Ales–Terralba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo, Terralba.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Oristano
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Oristano.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OristanoOristano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In west-central Sardinia lies the Latin diocese of Ales-Terralba (Latin: Dioecesis Uxellensis-Terralbensis), a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Oristano (Arborea). The town of Ales sits 31 km from Oristano in a direct line.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].