The Roman Catholic Diocese of Civita(-Tempio) was a Latin Catholic bishopric in the

Gallura Gallura ( sdn, Gaddura or ; sc, Caddura ) is a region in North-Eastern Sardinia, Italy. The name ''Gallùra'' is allegedly supposed to mean "stony area". Geography Gallùra has a surface of and it is situated between 40°55'20"64 latitude ...

region of northern

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 ...

(

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, southwestern

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). It was heir to the ancient diocese of Pausania or Phausania ( it, Fausania) (6th to 8th? century), restored in 1070 as the

Diocese of Gallura The Roman Catholic Diocese of Civita(-Tempio) was a Latin Catholic bishopric in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia (Tyrrhenian Sea, southwestern Italy). It was heir to the ancient diocese of Pausania or Phausania ( it, Fausania) (6th to 8th? c ...

, in 1113 renamed after its episcopal seat as the Diocese of Civita. In 1839 it was renamed as Diocese of Civita–Tempio, until its formal suppression in 1986, when it was merged into the

Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias The Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias ( la, Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Sardinia, Italy. Until 1986 it was known as Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sassari It ...

(effectively absorbing the

Diocese of Ampurias The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ampurias was a Latin suffragan Catholic bishopric in the north of Sardinia (Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea) from 1070 till its suppression and merger with the Diocese of Civita-Tempio (which kept the cathedral see) into the pr ...

, with which it had been held in personal union since 1506).

Ancient diocese of Fausania

No later than the sixth century, a Roman bishopric was established at a place called Pausania or Phausania, which may be

Olbia Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age, ...

Tempio Pausania Tempio Pausania (; sdn, Tèmpiu) is a town of about 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, in the province of Sassari. History Cultural and delegated administrative centre of the Gallura sub-region, Tempio has an ...

or even

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(50 km south of Olbia). While local Saint Simplicius is traditionally revered as its 4th century founding first bishop, a historical thesis Raimondo Turtas, ''La Riforma tridentina nelle diocesi di Ampurias e Civita: dalle relazioni «ad limina» dei vescovi Giovanni Sanna, Filippo de Marymon e Giacomo Passamar (1586-1622)'', in ''Studi in onore di Pietro Meloni'', Sassari 1988, pp. 233–259 holds it may have been (re?)founded by Catholic bishop(s) exiled by king

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of the Vandal Kingdom after his council of Carthage replaced them with Donatist heretic counterparts, only to be abandoned again due to the 552 invasion of the

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under king

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. Its first historical mention is in 594, when Pope

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invites its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Cagliari, to nominate a candidate for the vacant see. Its first documented incumbent, bishop Victor, was mentioned in a papal letter in 599, recalling his work to evangelize the pagan locals, and attended a synod in Rome in 600. The see of Phausania is still listed in the Byzantine ''Notitia Episcopatuum '' until circa 1000; but this may well have been a refusal to canonically acknowledge the diocese being effectively wiped much earlier, plausibly in the 8th century by Arab invaders.

Diocese of Civita(-Tempio)

250px, The Basilica of San Simplicio in Olbia (former cathedral of Civita) The bishopric was only restored probably in 1070, as Diocese of Gallura, named after the

Giudicato of Gallura The Judicate of Gallura ( lat, Iudicatus Gallurae, sc, Judicadu de Gallura, it, Giudicato di Gallura) was one of four Sardinian judicates in the Middle Ages. These were independent states whose rulers bore the title ''iudex'', judge. Gallura, a ...

, one of the four autonomous temporal jurisdictions into which

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(1061-1073) divided the island, but is first recorded on a map dated 1095. In the 11th century, the Basilica of San Simplicio was erected (in

, then called Civita) as diocesan

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. The see was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the

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(not part of any

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, just as the region's second bishopric, the

Diocese of Galtellì The Italian Catholic diocese of Nuoro ( la, 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.

, which may have been founded as late as 1113, when the (remainder?) bishopric of Gallura was renamed after its see as Diocese of Civita. In 1138, the papal bulla ''Tunc apostolicae sedis'', from

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, made both

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of the Metropolitan

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on the Italian peninsula (and capital of the dogal state which colonized part of the island), but it seems both were rendered exempt again later in that century, unlike the other three ''giudicati'', where Metropolitans of their own were established. It has had some uncanonical incumbents, not obedient to the canonical Popes of Rome, two rather to the Antipopes in Avignon. From 1506.06.05, the see was held in personal union ('United ''aeque principaliter'' ') with the neighboring

until they were formally merged on 1986.09.30 and renamed as the present

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias The Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias ( la, Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Sardinia, Italy. Until 1986 it was known as Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sassari It h ...

). Meanwhile, on 1839.08.26, the see of Civita had been renamed as Diocese of Civita–Tempio. After the merger, the former cathedral at Olbia (the former Civita) remained only a

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, while the cathedral see is the Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo, at Tempio-Pausania.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Civita'' : first centuries unavailable * Tommaso Sferrato,

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(O.F.M.) (1351 – 1353), later Bishop of

Cagli Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town. History Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...

(Italy) (1353 – 1378), Bishop of

Marsico Nuovo Marsico Nuovo ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. It was the seat of the bishops of Grumentum. It is an agricultural centre in the Agri river valley. History The city's ori ...

(Italy) (1378 – 1384) * Gerardo, O.F.M. (1353.11.06 – 1362), ''previously uncanonical Bishop of

Caorle Caorle (; vec, Càorle) is a coastal town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy, located between the estuaries of the Livenza and Lemene rivers. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea between two other tourist towns, Eraclea and ...

(1348 – 1350?)'' * Alfonso (1363 – 1383) ** ''uncanonical, obedient to Avignon: Siffredo di Tommaso,

Carmelite Order , image = , caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites , abbreviation = OCarm , formation = Late 12th century , founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel , founding_location = Mount Ca ...

(O. Carm.) (1383 – 1388)'' ** ''uncanonical, obedient to Avignon: Francesco de Marginibus (1390 – ?)'' * Simone(1390 – ?) * Simone Margens (1401 – 1407) * Angelo (1409? – ?) * Sancio (? – 1433.01.14), next Bishop of Minervino (1433.01.14 – 1434) * Lorenzo Scopulart,

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

(O.P.) (1439? – ?) * Agostino di Poggibonsi, Augustinian Order O.E.S.A. (1442? – death 1443) * Antonio de Fontanis, O.F.M. (1443.10.30 – 1460) * Rodrigo de Sesse, O.F.M. (1460 – death 1490) * Pedro Stornell, O.P. (1490 – 1506? death 1510) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Civita (and of Ampurias)'' :''from 1506 all incumbents of Civita are simultaneously Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) ''aeque principaliter'' * Francesco Manno (1506.06.05 – 1511), already (and ''last separate) Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) (1493.11.27 – 1511)'' * Luis González, O.F.M. (1513.06.08 – death 1538) * Giorgio Artea (1538 – 1545) * Luis de Casas, O.E.S.A. (1545.05.22 – ?) * Francisco Tomás (1558.05.23 – death 1572) * Pedro Narro,

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(O.S.B.) (1572.07.30 – 1574.10.22), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

Oristano Oristano (; sc, Aristanis ) is an Italian city and ''comune'', and capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the pr ...

(Italy) (1574.10.22 – death 1577) * Gaspare Vincenzo Novella (1575.09.18 – 1578.10.06), next Metropolitan Archbishop 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 ...

(Sardinia, Italy) (1578.10.06 – 1586.08.24) and Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1578.10.06 – death 1586.08.24) * Miguel Rubio,

Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...

(O. Cist.) (1579.06.26 – 1586) * Giovanni Sanna (1586 – death 1606) * Diego Passamar (1613 – 1622.06.13), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

(Sardinia, Italy) (1622.06.13 – death 1644) * Giovanni de la Bronda (1622 – 1633) * Andrea Manca (1633 – 1644.07.13), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Sardinia, Italy) (1644.07.13 – death 1652) * Gavino Manca Figo (1644.10.17 – death 1652) * Gaspare Litago (1652.04.29 – 1656.07.26), previously 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) (1645.04.24 – 1652.04.29); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Sardinia, Italy) (1656.07.26 – 1657) * Lorenzo Sampero (1656.08.28 – 1669) * Pedro de Alagó y de Cardona (1669.08.05 – 1672.01.15), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Italy) (1672.01.15 – 1684),

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(Balearic Spain) (1684 – 1701) * José Sanchis i Ferrandis,

Mercederians The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives ( la, Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order es ...

(O. de M.) (1672.02.22 – 1673), next Bishop of

Segorbe Segorbe is a municipality in the mountainous coastal province of Castelló, autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The former Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli now houses the city's mayor. Segorbe's bull-running week (''semana de Toros'') in Se ...

(Spain) (1673 – 1680.02.28), Metropolitan Archbishop of

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

(Spain) (1680.02.28 – death 1694.03.26) * Juan Bautista Sorribas, O. Carm. (1673.09.25 – death 1679) * Giuseppe Acorrà (1679.09.25 – 1685.04.30), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Italy) (1685.04.30 – 1702) * Francesco Sampero (1685.10.01 – 1688) * Michele Villa (1688.11.19 – 1700) * Diego Serafino Posulo,

(O.P.) (1702.12.11 – 1718) * Angelo Galcerin, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (1727.05.17 – death 1735) * Giovanni Leonardo Sanna (1736.09.26 – 1737.09.30), next Bishop of

(Italy) (1737.09.30 – death 1741.10) * Vincenzo Giovanni Vico Torrellas (1737.09.30 – 1741.07.03), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Italy) (1741.07.03 – death 1744) * Salvator Angelo Cadello (1741.07.05 – death 1764) * Pietro Paolo Carta (1764 – death 1771) * Francesco Ignazio Guiso (1772 – death 1778) * Giovanni Antonio Arras Minutili (1779 – death 1784) * Michele Pes (1785.02.14 – death 1804) * Giuseppe Stanislao Paradisi (1807.09.18 – 1819.03.29), next Bishop of

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(Italy) (1819.03.29 – death 1822) and Bishop 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 ...

(Italy) (1819.03.29 – 1822) * Stanislao Mossa (1823 – death 1827.04.09) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Civita–Tempio; ''all still also Bishop of Ampurias ''aeque principaliter'' * Diego Capece (1833.04.15 – death 1855.08) * Filippo Campus (1871.11.24 – death 1887) * Paolo Pinna (1887.05.23 – death 1892.11.17), previously

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of Europus (1882.07.03 – 1887.05.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Diocese of Alghero The Diocese of Alghero-Bosa ( la, Dioecesis Algarensis-Bosanensis) is a Latin Catholic bishopric, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, on Sardinia, insular Italy. The Diocese has an area of 2,012; a total population of 106,300; ...

(Italy) (1882.07.03 – 1887.05.23) * Antonio Maria Contini (1893.01.16 – 1914), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1882.09.26 – 1893.01.16) * Giovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. (1914.12.14 – 1922.05.12), next Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1922.05.12 – retired 1953.04.15) and Bishop of

Irsina Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. The town Irsina is an agricultural town pe ...

(Italy) (1922.05.12 – 1953.04.15), emeritate as

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(1953.04.15 – death 1956.10.07) * Albino Morera (1922.12.14 – retired 1950.12.09), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Gurza (1950.12.09 – death 1952.03.20) * Carlo Re,

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(I.M.C.) (1951.12.29 – retired 1961.02.10), previously Titular Bishop of

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(1931.12.14 – 1951.12.29) as Apostolic Vicar of

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(

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) (1931.12.14 – 1947) and

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of Apostolic Prefecture of Meru (Kenya) (1932 – 1936.09.16); later emeritate as Titular Bishop of Aspona (1961.02.10 – death 1978.08.12) * Mario Ghiga (1961.02.10 – death 1963.03.31) * Giovanni Melis Fois (1963.05.25 – 1970.11.07), next Bishop of

Nuoro Nuoro ( or less correctly ; sc, Nùgoro ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of the Monte Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), ...

(Italy) (1970.11.07 – retired 1992.04.16); died 2009 * Carlo Urru (1971.03.07 – 1982.04.21), next Bishop of

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(Italy) (1982.04.21 – 1991.02.07); died 2002 * Pietro Meloni (1983.06.09 – ''see suppression 1986.09.30), next first Bishop of successor see Tempio-Ampurias (Italy)'' (1986.09.30 – 1992.04.16), Bishop of

(Italy) (1992.04.16 – retired 2011.04.21).

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GCatholic - Diocese of Civitate-Tempio (&precursors)
; Bibliography - Fausania * Francesco Lanzoni, ''Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII'' (an. 604), vol. II, Faenza 1927, pp. 677–679 * Raffaela Bucolo, ''Fausania (Olbia?)'', in Raffaela Bucolo (editor), ''Le sedi episcopali della Sardegna paleocristiana. Riflessioni topografiche'', Rivista di archeologia cristiana 86 (2010), pp. 378–383 * Pier Giorgio Ignazio Spanu, ''La Sardegna bizantina tra 6 e 7 secolo'', Oristano 1998, pp. 114–119 ; Bibliography - Civita * ''Enciclopedia della Sardegna'', vol. 3, Sassari 2007, pp. 29–30 * Luigi Agus, ''San Simplicio in Olbia e la diocesi di Civita. Studio artistico e socio-religioso dell'edificio medievale'', Catanzaro 2009 * Giacomo Floris, ''Signoria, incastellamento e riorganizzazione di un territorio nel tardo Medioevo: il caso della Gallura'', Universitat de Barcelona 2013 * Anna Maria Oliva, ''La diocesi di Civita all'epoca dei re cattolici'', in ''Da Olbìa ad Olbia. 2500 anni di storia di una città mediterranea'', Chiarella Editrice, Sassari 1996, pp. 277–289 * Angelo Aldo Castellaccio, ''Olbia nel medioevo. Aspetti politico-istituzionali'', in ''Da Olbìa ad Olbia. 2500 anni di storia di una città mediterranea'', Edes - Editrice Democratica Sarda, Sassari 2004, pp. 33–70 * Konrad Eubel, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', vol. 1, pp. 188–189; vol. 2, p. 129 {{DEFAULTSORT:Civita, Roman Catholic Diocese Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy Suppressed Roman Catholic dioceses

Ancient diocese of Fausania

Diocese of Civita(-Tempio)

Episcopal Ordinaries

See also

References

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