Parishes 46 Rite Roman Rite Area 2,806 km² Bishop Mosè Marcia | Denomination Catholic Church Established 12th Century Country Italy Emeritus bishop Pietro Meloni | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
123,906
122,526 (98.9%) Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria delle Neve Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagliari |
The Italian Catholic diocese of Nuoro (Latin: Dioecesis Nuorensis) is in Sardinia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. Historically it was the diocese of Galtellì until 1779, and then the diocese of Galtellì-Nuoro until 1928.
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History
Galtellì was an episcopal see in 1138, when Pope Innocent II made it a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa; later, it was directly subject to the Holy See. In 1495, it was suppressed by Alexander VI, and its territory united to the diocese of Cagliari. In 1787, at the request of King Victor Emmanuel III, it was re-established, but the bishop continued to live at Nuoro. Among its bishops was Fra Arnolfo de Bissalis (1366).
Diocese of Galtelli
Erected: 12th Century Latin Name: Galtellinensis
Diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori)
Name Changed: 21 July 1779
Latin Name: Galtellinensis-Nuorensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cagliari
Diocese of Nuoro
Name Changed: 27 January 1928
Latin Name: Nuorensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cagliari