The Archdiocese of Cagliari ( la, Archidioecesis Calaritana) is a

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centred on the city of

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

. It holds the

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Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

."Archdiocese of Cagliari"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 6, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagliari"
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History

Legend relates how a disciple of

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, one Bonifatius, preached the

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in the 1st century. There were probably bishops at Cagliari from an early date, however, as

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speaks of previous episcopal martyrs (during the

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most likely) in a letter to his contemporary, the first well-known bishop of Cagliari, Lucifer. Cagliari remained

despite the

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prevalent at the time and many African bishops fled the Arian

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to come to Cagliari. At the time of the

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(681), Cagliari was already a

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. It has been suggested that in the 10th and 11th century as the ''

giudicati The Judicates (, or in Sardinian, in Latin, or in Italian), in English also referred to as Sardinian Kingdoms, Sardinian Judgedoms or Judicatures, were independent states that took power in Sardinia in the Middle Ages, between the ninth an ...

'' of Sardinia became independent, the archbishop of Cagliari became the ''de facto'' theocratic ruler of the island through the

Corona de Logu The Crown of the Realm ( Sardinian: ''Corona de Logu'') was a political institution in Sardinia that acted as legislature during Sardinia's Judicates era. It was made up of the ''majorales'' (or "wise men") of each region, including the '' curado ...

. In 1075,

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reproached the Archbishop James for wearing a beard, a fashion which had been introduced into Sardinia at an earlier date; the pope asked the Judge Torchitorio I to oblige the clergy to abandon this custom. The same bishop and his colleagues were blamed by

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(1087) for neglect of their churches. Under this pope, the Archbishop of Cagliari became known as the Primate of Sardinia. In the 12th century, however, the prominence of Cagliari was reduced ''vis-à-vis'' the Archdiocese of Torres in the north of the island. In 1158, the title of Primate of Sardinia and Corsica was given to the Archbishop of Pisa, but in 1409 it was reassumed by the Archbishop of Cagliari, whence arose a controversy between those sees, which dragged on into the 20th century.

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became the first

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to visit Sardinia in 1,650 years when he made his visit to Cagliari Cathedral, which is a

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Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

paid a visit later.

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visited in September 2008 while Pope Francis visited in 2013.

Bishops

Diocese of Cagliari

''Latin Name: Calaritana''
''Erected: 4th Century''

Archdiocese of Cagliari

''Elevated: 11th Century'' *

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(1295–1299 Died) *Ranucio, O.F.M. Conv. (1299– ) :... *

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(1331–1341 Died) :... *Juan de Aragón, O.F.M. (1354–1369 Died) :... ''1420 Territory Added from the suppressed Diocese of Suelli'' *

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(1460–1467 Appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mallorca) :... *

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, O.P. (1484–1514 Resigned) ''1503 Territory Added from the suppressed Diocese of Dolia'' *

Juan Pilars Juan Pilars (died 1521) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cagliari (1514–1521) and Bishop of Sulcis (1503–1514)."Archbishop Juan Pilars"
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(1521–1534 Died) *

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, O.F.M. Conv. (1534–1547 Died) * Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. (1548–1558 Resigned) * Antonio Paragües Castillejo, O.S.B. (1558–1572 Died) *

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(1574–1577 Died) * Gaspar Vicente Novella (1578–1586 Died) *

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(1587–1595 Died) *

Alfonso Laso Sedeño Alfonso Laso Sedeño (died 1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mallorca (1604–1607), ''(in Latin)'' Archbishop of Cagliari (1596–1604), ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Gaeta (1587–1596 ...

(1596–1604 Appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mallorca)"Archbishop Alfonso Laso Sedeño"
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''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 9, 2016 *

Francisco Esquivel Francisco d'Esquivel or Desquivel (c. 1550 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Vitoria – 21 December 1624 in Cagliari) was a Spanish archbishop and a major figure in the history of Sardinia. Life He was the son of Francisco de Ali d'Esquivel and his wife Maria ...

(1605–1624 Died) * Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. (1625–1626 Died) *

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(1627–1640 Died) *

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(1643–1655 Died) *

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(1657–1676 Died) *

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, O.F.M. (1676–1683 Confirmed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ávila) *

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, O.P. (1683–1685 Confirmed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zamora) *

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(1686–1689 Died) *

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, O.P. (1689–1698 Died) *

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(1699–1722 Died) *Giovanni Giuseppe Falletti (1726–1748 Died) *Giulio Cesare Gandolfi (1748–1758 Died) *Tommaso Ignazio Marie Natta, O.P. (1759–1763 Resigned) *Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. (1763–1777 Died) *Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. (1778–1797 Confirmed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara) *Diego Gregorio Cadello (1798–1807 Died) *Nicolo Navoni (1819–1836 Died) ''8 November 1824: Territory Lost to form the Diocese of Ogliastra'' *Antonio Raimondo Tore (1837–1840 Died) *Giovanni Emanuele Marongiu Nurra (1842–1866 Died) *Giovanni Antonio Balma,

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(1871–1881 Died) *Vincenzo Gregorio Berchialla,

(1881–1892 Died) *Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra (1893–1900 Died) *Pietro Balestra, O.F.M. Conv. (1900–1912 Died) *Francesco Rossi (1913–1919 Appointed

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) * Ernesto Maria Piovella,

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(1920–1949 Died) *Paolo Botto (1949–1969 Resigned) * Sebastiano Baggio (1969–1973 Appointed Prefect of the

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); was already Cardinal *Giuseppe Bonfigioli (1973–1984 Resigned) *Giovanni Canestri (1984–1987 Appointed Archbishop of Genoa and Bobbio (Cardinal in 1988)) *Ottorino Pietro Alberti (1987–2003 Retired) *Giuseppe Mani (2003–2012 Retired) *Arrigo Miglio (2012–2019 Retired) * Giuseppe Baturi (2019-)

Episcopal sees

* Iglesias *

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* Nuoro

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External links

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Cagliari