Ottana ( sc, Otzàna) is a ''
comune'' (municipality), former bishopric and Latin
titular see in the
Province of Nuoro in the
Italian region
Sardinia, located about north 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 ...
and about southwest of
Nuoro.
The town is known for its traditional carnival costumes, including distinctive masks worn by the ''Boes'', ''Merdules'' and ''Filonzana''.
Ottana borders the following municipalities:
Bolotana
Bolotana ( sc, Golòthene or Bolòtana) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about west of Nuoro.
Bolotana borders the following municipalities: Bonorva, B ...
,
Noragugume
Noragugume is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about west of Nuoro.
Noragugume borders the following municipalities: Bolotana, Dualchi, Ottana, Sedilo
Se ...
,
Olzai
Olzai ( sc, Ortzài) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro.
Olzai borders the following municipalities: Austis, Nughedu Santa Vittor ...
,
Orani,
Sarule,
Sedilo.
It is home to the Romanesque church of
San Nicola.
Ecclesiastical history
In 1110 was established a bishopric of Ottana (Italiano) or Othana in Latin.
On 1503.12.08 it was suppressed and its territory reassigned to establish the
Diocese of Alghero.
Residential Ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
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)
;''Bishops of Ottana''
* Giovanni (1116? – ?)
* Ugo (1139? – ?)
* Zaccaria (1170? – ?)
* Ugo (1176? – ?)
* Gregorio (1205? – ?)
* Gonario (1231.06.16 – ?)
* Costantino (1237? – ?)
* Silvestro (1340? – ?)
* Francesco (1344.06.13 – ?)
* Pietro (1349.01.14 – ?)
* Arnaldo Simone (1355.02.13 – ?), previously Bishop of
Butrinto (? – 1355.02.13)
*''uncanonical Giovanni Lavoratore,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1386.04.16 – ? without papal mandate)
* Domenico (1386.05.26 – ?)
* Giovanni (1388.06.26 – ?)
* Nicola (1389.09.03 – 1400.06.14), later Bishop of
Sorres San Pietro di Sorres is a former cathedral church (Sorres Cathedral), now a Benedictine monastery, in Borutta, a village in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, Italy. Built in Pisan Romanesque style during the 12th-13th centuries, it was th ...
(1400.06.14 – ?)
*''uncanonical Gerardo di Bisarchio (Gérard de Gisors),
Carmelite Order
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(O. Carm.) (1390.11.21 – 1402.08.28), later Bishop of
Bethléem à Clamecy (Burgundy, France) (1402.08.28 – death 1403), neither see under papal mandate
* Biagio (1400.06.14 – ?)
* Simone Mancha,
Vallombrosan Benedictines
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(O.S.B. Vall.) (1429.02.11 – death 1454)
* Giovanni de Sallinis, O.F.M. (1454.05.31 – 1471.06.17), later Bishop of
Bosa
Bosa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano (until May 2005 it was in the province of Nuoro), part of the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill, abou ...
(Italy) (1471.06.17 – death 1484)
* Antonio di Alcala (1472.08.25 – death 1472)
* Gerolamo di Setgi, O.F.M. (1474.09.08 – death 1475)
* Ludovico Camagni, O.F.M. (1481.02.07 – death 1483)
* Domenico di Milia (1483.09.11 – ?)
* Giovanni Perez (1501.07.23 – death 1503)
Titular see
Only in October 2004 it was nominally restored as Latin
Titular bishopric of the lowest (Episcopal) rank, named Ottana (in Curiate Italian) or Othana in Latin.
It has had the following incumbents :
* Titular Bishop
Lorenzo Ghizzoni (2006.02.17 – 2012.11.17) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy) (2006.02.17 – 2012.11.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Ravenna–Cervia (Italy) (2012.11.17 – ...)
* Titular Bishop Piotr Sawczuk (2013.01.19 – ...),
Auxiliary Bishop of
Siedlce (Poland)
References
Source and External links
GCatholic with incumbent bio links
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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