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 share
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,235
- Extent
- 2,269 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- 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.
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].