Diocese of Tempio–Ampurias
Templen(sis)-Ampurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tempio–Ampurias, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias is a Latin rite diocese in Sardinia, Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sassari. The two historic sees were formally united under the present name in 1986.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 September 1986
- Latin
- Templen(sis)-Ampurien(sis)
- Patron
- <li>san Simplicio de Fausania<li>san Antonio Abad
- Annuario code
- 001003194
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 156,800
- Population
- 159,531
- Catholic share
- 98.3%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 2,376
- Extent
- 2,695 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 58
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 Fornaciari
- Born
- 23 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Reggio Emilia
- Institute
- Congregazione Camaldolese dell'Ordine di S. Benedetto (O.S.B. Cam.)
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 di San Pietro Apostolo stands in Tempio–Ampurias, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Sant'Antonio Abate.
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
- Diocese of OzieriOzieri
- Archdiocese of SassariSassari
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the island of Sardinia in Italy, the Latin Church Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias (Latin: Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis) carries a long combined history. Known as the diocese of Ampurias until 1506, it was then combined with the diocese of Tempio, a single bishop holding both separate sees at once, and until 1986 it bore the name Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio. On 30 September 1986 the two dioceses were formally united as one under the name Tempio-Ampurias. The bishop's seat is in Tempio, and the diocese is a suffragan of the 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].