The Diocese of Alghero-Bosa (Latin: Dioecesis Algarensis-Bosanensis) is a Latin Catholic bishopric, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, on Sardinia, insular Italy.
The Diocese has an area of 2,012; a total population of 106,300; a Catholic population of 105,650; 87 priests, 7 permanent deacons and 176 religious.
Its cathedral episcol see is the Marian Cattedrale di Beata Maria Vergine Immaculata Concezione, in Alghero, but it also has a Marian Co-Cathedral Concattedrale di Beata Vergine Immaculata Concattedrale di Beata Vergine Immaculata, in Bosa, Sassari, Sardegna Locate a former Cathedral: Chiesa San Pietro Chiesa San Pietro, also in Bosa, and a Minor Basilica Basilica della Neve Basilica della Neve, in Cuglieri, Oristano,
Alghero was built by the Doria of Genoa in 1102. In 1106 John, Bishop of Alghero, assisted at the consecration of the Church of the Trinity in Saccargia.
After a long period, the see was renewed and confirmed by Pope Julius II in his Papal Bull of 8 December 1503, splitting its territory off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, from the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Bisarcio, Diocese of Castro and Diocese of Ottana. Pietro Parens, a Genoese, became bishop; he was present at the Fifth Lateran Council in 1512.
On 1779.07.21 it lost territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galtellì–Nuoro. In 1798 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari. On 1803.03.09 it gained territory from the Diocese of Bosa, and lost territory to establish the Diocese of Bisarcio. On 1938.12.31 it lost territory to the Diocese of Nuoro.
On 1986 the historic Diocese of Alghero was renamed as Diocese of Alghero–Bosa presering the title of the diocese of Bosa while absorbing its territory, its former cathedral becoming a co-cathedral.
On Monday, January 31, 2011, the Vatican Information Service (VIS) announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed the Reverend Father Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B., Professor of Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, as Bishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa, Italy. He was born in Arborea, Italy in 1958, and was ordained a priest in 1986.
(all Roman Rite)
Suffragan Bishops of Alghero
Pedro Parente (1503.12.18 – death 1514)
Juan Loaysa (1514.11.13 – 1524.06.08), later Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1524.06.08 – death 1525)
Guillermo Casador (1525.06.19 – death 1527)
Domenico Pastorello, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (1528 – 1534.11.13), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) (1534.11.13 – death 1547.10) and Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1534.11.13 – 1547.10)
Juan Reina (1534.11.13 – 1538.06.05), later Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1538.06.05 – death 1539.01.18)
Durante Duranti (1538.06.25 – 1541.02.18), later Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1541.02.18 – 1551.02.18), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1545.01.09 – death 1557.12.24), Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1551.02.18 – 1557.12.24)
Pedro Vaguer (1541.05.04 – death 1556)
Pedro del Frago Garcés (1566.12.20 – 1572.11.26), previously Bishop of Ales (Italy) (1562.11.06 – 1566.12.20), Bishop of Terralba (Italy) (1562.11.06 – 1566.12.20); later Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1572.11.26 – 1577.09.11), Bishop of Huesca (Spain) (1577.09.11 – death 1584.02.02)
Antioco Nin (1572 – death 1578)
Andrés Bacallar (1578.01.13 – 1604.09.13), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy) (1604.09.13 – death 1612.11)
Nicolò Canavera (1605 – death 1611)
Gavino Manca de Cedrelles (1612.03.26 – 1613.07.29); previously Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1605.06.27 – 1612.03.26); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1613.07.29 – death 1620.07)
Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1613.08.12 – 1621.10.25); previously Bishop of Ales (Italy) (1606.04.17 – 1613.08.12), Bishop of Terralba (Italy) (1606.04.17 – 1613.08.12); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1621.10.25 – 1625), Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1625 – death 1626) and Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1625 – 1626)
Ambrogio Machin, Mercederians (O. de M.) (1621 – 1627.09.20), previously General Master of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians) (1618 – 1621); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1627.09.20 – death 1640.10.23) and Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1627.09.20 – 1640.10.23)
Gaspar Prieto Orduña, O. de M. (1627.10.06 – 1636.02.18), later Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (France) (1636.02.18 – death 1637.10.30)
Father Cipriano de Azcón (Azcon) (1637.09.07 – death 1639, never possessed)
Antonio Nusco (Nuseo) (1639 – death 1642)
Vicente Agustín Clavería (1644.10.17 – death 1652), previously Titular Bishop of Petra (1631.07.28 – 1639.06.27) & Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia (Spain) (1631.07.28 – 1639.06.27), Bishop of Bosa (Italy)|Valencia]] (1639.06.27 – 1644.10.17)
Francesco Boyl, O. de M. (1653 – death 1655)
Dionigi Carta-Senes, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1657.09.24 – death 1658)
Salvatore Mulas Pirella (1659.06.09 – death 1661)
Andrés Aznar Naves, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1663.01.15 – 1671.11.16), later Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1671.11.16 – 1674.04.16), Bishop of Teruel (Spain) (1674.04.16 – 1682.05.07)
Lussorio Roger (Rogger) (1672.01.15 – death 1676)
Francisco López de Urraca, O.E.S.A. (1677.09.13 – 1681.04.14), previously Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1672.01.15 – 1677.09.13); later Bishop of Barbastro (Spain) (1681.04.14 – 1695.01.27)
Luis Diaz de Aux de Armendáriz, O. de M. (1681.09.01 – 1686.03.18), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1686.03.18 – death 1689) and Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1686.03.18 – death 1689)
Jerónimo Velasco, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1686.04.01 – death 1692)
Father José de Jesús María Fajardo, Discalced Augustinians (O.A.D.) (1693.05.18 – death 1693 not possessed)
Tommaso Carnicer (Carnizar), Dominican Order (O.P.) (1695.09.19 – death 1720)
Giovanni Battista Lomellini, O.P. (1726.12.16 – 1729.08.17), later Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1729.08.17 – death 1733.02.28)
Dionigi Gioacchino Belmont (1729.09.05 – death 1732)
Matteo Bertolini (1733.05.05 – 1741.11.27), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1741.11.27 – death 1750.11.09)
Carlo Francesco Casanova (1741.11.27 – 1751.05.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1751.05.17 – death 1763.02.26)
Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Piarists (Sch. P.) (1751.05.17 – 1763.07.18), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1763.07.18 – death 1777.04.01)
Giuseppe Maria Incisa Beccaria (1764.07.09 – 1772.09.07), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1772.09.07 – death 1782.10.12)
Gioacchino Michele Radicati, O.P. (1772.09.07 – death 1793.05.19)
Salvator Giuseppe Mammeli (11 Aug 1800 Confirmed - 26 Feb 1801 Died)
Pietro Bianco (23 Sep 1805 Confirmed - 28 May 1827 Died)
Filippo Arrica (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 29 Jan 1839 Died)
Efisio Casula (22 Jul 1842 Confirmed - )
Pietro-Raffaele Arduini, O.F.M. Conv. (30 Jan 1843 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1863 Died)
Giovanni Maria Filia (24 Nov 1871 Appointed - 22 Oct 1882 Died)
Eliseo Giordano, O. Carm. (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 7 Jan 1906 Died)
Giovanni Battista Vinati (16 Jan 1906 Appointed - May 1907 Resigned)
Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho (15 Apr 1907 Appointed - 15 Apr 1914 Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano)
Francesco d’Errico (8 Sep 1914 Appointed - 8 Oct 1938 Resigned)
Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. (3 Mar 1939 Appointed - 7 Jan 1967 Retired)
Francesco Spanedda (18 Mar 1972 Appointed - 17 Mar 1979 Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano)
Giovanni Pes (23 May 1979 Appointed - 18 Feb 1993 Retired)
Suffragan Bishops of Alghero-Bosa
Antonio Vacca (18 Feb 1993 Appointed - 29 Sep 2006 Resigned)
Giacomo Lanzetti (29 Sep 2006 Appointed - 28 Jun 2010 Appointed, Bishop of Alba (Pompea))
Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B. (31 Jan 2011 Appointed - )
