The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales-Terralba ( la, Dioecesis Uxellensis-Terralbensis) is located in Sardinia, Italy. It is a

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of the

Archdiocese of Oristano The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oristano ( la, Archidioecesis Arborensis) is a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It was created in the eleventh century. Its only suffragan is the Diocese of Ales-Terralba. Since ...

.Catholic Hierarchy: "Diocese of Ales-Terralba"
retrieved January 30, 2016

History

Gregory the Great alludes to the episcopal see of

Ales Ales may refer to: Places * Alès, a town and commune in southern France * Ales, Sardinia, a small town in the province of Oristano on Sardinia in Italy People with the surname * Alexander Ales (1500–1565), Scottish theologian * Mikoláš Aleš ...

(anciently Uselli), in his letter to Januarius of Cagliari in 591. After this nothing is to be found about it until 1147, when the name of Bishop Rello appears in a diploma. The local traditions of

Terralba Terralba ( sc, Terraba) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin Catholic bishopric in the Province of Oristano in the Italian island region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about south of Oristano. Terralba borders the ...

have preserved the memory of a Bishop Mariano, who erected the cathedral about 1144. The diocese of Ales and the diocese of Terralba were united by Pope Julius II, in 1503. It would appear that a process has begun to permanently unite the diocese of Ales-Terralba and the archdiocese of Oristano. The Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv., was promoted on 4 May 2019 to be Archbishop of Oristano and on the same date was appointed Apostolic Administrator of his former diocese of Ales-Terralba. However, on 3 July 2021, without losing his position as Archbishop of Oristano, he was reappointed Bishop of Ales-Terralba. The announcement specifies that this act unifies the two dioceses ''in persona Episcopi'' ('in the person of the Bishop').

Ordinaries

Diocese of Ales

''Erected: 7th Century'' * Pedro Garcia (21 Jul 1484 – 14 Jun 1490 Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona)Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Pedro Garcia"
retrieved January 30, 2016 * Juan Crespo, O.S.A. (2 Oct 1493 – )

Diocese of Ales e Terralba

''Diocese of Ales united with Diocese of Terralba: 8 December 1503''
''Latin Name: Uxellensis et Terralbensis''
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Oristano'' *

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(10 Feb 2016 – 4 May 2019 Appointed

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(3 Jul 2021 – Appointed additionally Bishop of Ales-Terralba)

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