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. Until 1986 it was known as Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio. It is a

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It had borne that name since 1506, when it was combined with the diocese of Tempio, previously being simply the diocese of Ampurias."Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias"
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History

Ampurias was erected in 1113; the diocese of Cività, now Tempio, in 304 by St. Simplicius. Cività was united to Ampurias by

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I in 1506. Later the see was transferred to Terranuova.

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suppressed the cathedral there by the Bull ''Quamvis aqua'', 26 August 1839, and raised the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, in Tempio, to a cathedral, uniting Tempio and Ampurias, so that one bishop should govern both. The see was vacant from 1854 to 1871. Antonio Maria Contini was appointed bishop of Ogliastra, 26 September 1882, and transferred to this diocese, 16 January 1893.

Bishops

* Antonio de Alcala (1457–1472 Appointed, Bishop of Ottana) * Francesco Manno (bishop) (1493–1511 Died) * Luis González (bishop), O.F.M. (1513–1538 Died) * Giorgio Artea (1538–1545 Died) * Ludovico de Cotes, O.S.A. (1545–1557 Died) * Francisco Tomás (1558–1572 Died) * Pedro Narro (1572–1574 Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano) * Gaspar Vicente Novella (1575–1578 Appointed,

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(1951–1961 Resigned) *Mario Ghiga (1961–1963 Died) *Giovanni Melis Fois (1963–1970 Appointed, Bishop of Nuoro) *Carlo Urru (1971–1982 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello) *Pietro Meloni (1983–1992 Appointed, Bishop of Nuoro) *Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (1993–2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Sassari) *Sebastiano Sanguinetti (2006–2023) *Roberto Fornaciari (2023–)

Notes

References

*Albert Battandier, ''Annuaire pontifical catholique'' (1906) *

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, ''Series Episcoporum Ecclesia Catholica'' (Ratisbon, 1873) *Pietro Martini, ''Storia Ecclesiastica Di Sardegna'' (Cagliari, 1839), IV, 349

External links

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