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Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias

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Country
  
Italy

Parishes
  
64

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Ecclesiastical province
  
Cagliari

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
1,678 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)145,600145,000 (99.6%)

Address
  
Via Duomo, 09016 Iglesias CI, Italy

Province
  
Province of Carbonia-Iglesias

Similar
  
Cattedrale di Santa Chiara, Basilica di Sant'Antioco Martire, Our Lady of Valverde, Roman Catholic Diocese, Santa Maria

The Italian Catholic diocese of Iglesias (Latin: Dioecesis Ecclesiensis) is in Sardinia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari.

History

Sulci was an episcopal seat as early as the seventh century. After its decline the bishop of Sulci took up his residence at the village of Tratalias; in 1503 the seat was officially moved to Iglesias but in 1514 the Diocese was reunited with that of Cagliari.

In 1763 the see was re-established, and Giovanni Ignazio Gautier appointed bishop.

The cathedral of Iglesias (then Villa di Chiesa) was erected by the Pisans in 1285, but has been restored in later times. The previous cathedral located in Tratalias was built in a Pisan-Romanesque style between 1213 and 1282.

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias Wikipedia
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