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Archdiocese of Oristano

Arboren(sis)

The Archdiocese of Oristano is a metropolitan Latin Church archdiocese in Sardinia, Italy, dating to the 11th century. Its sole suffragan is the Diocese of Ales-Terralba, and it has been led by Archbishop Roberto Carboni since 2019.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1073
Latin
Arboren(sis)
Patron
<li>san Arquelao<li>Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
Annuario code
001002469

The see in figures

Catholics
126,549
Population
126,978
Catholic share
99.7%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
83
Catholics per priest
1,525
Extent
3,112 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

Archbishop
Roberto Carboni
Born
12 October 1958
Birthplace
Scano Montiferro
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI

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

Oristano Cathedral stands in Oristano, 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 Oristano

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Created in the eleventh century, the Archdiocese of Oristano (Latin: Archidioecesis Arborensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy, with a single suffragan, the Diocese of Ales-Terralba.

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.

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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].