Oschiri (

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: ''Óscari'', sc, Óscheri) is a ''

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'' (municipality) and former bishopric in the

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in the

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region

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, located about north of

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and about southwest of

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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,696 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. The municipality of Oschiri contains the ''

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'' (subdivision) San Leonardo. Oschiri borders the following municipalities:

Alà dei Sardi Alà dei Sardi ( sc, Alà) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia. Alà dei Sardi borders the following municipalities: Berch ...

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Buddusò Buddusò (Gallurese: ''Buddusò'', sc, Uddusò) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia. Buddusò borders the following municipalit ...

Ozieri Ozieri ( sc, Otieri) is a town and ''comune'' of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia (Italy), in the Logudoro historical region. Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Cath ...

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Ecclesiastical history

:''See

Castro Castro is a Romance language word that originally derived from Latin ''castrum'', a pre-Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: ''kastron''; Proto-Celtic:''*Kassrik;'' br, kaer, *kastro). The English-language equivalent is '' chester''. ...

for namesakes''

Bishopric of Castro (di Sardegna)

Within the ''comune'' of Oschiri is the church of Nostra Signora di Castro, which was once the

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episcopal see of a

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, centred on the now disappeared town of Castro. It was

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of the Metropolitan

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. The bishopric dates back to

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times (circa 1000 AD), but the earliest mention of a bishop of Castro is of 1116, when an unnamed bishop of the see assisted at the dedication of the

Basilica di Saccargia The Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia () (English: "Basilica of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia") is a church in the ''comune'' of Codrongianos, northern Sardinia, Italy. It is one of the most important Romanesque site in the isl ...

. In 1164, its bishop Atto dedicated a church in the locality of Aneleto and granted it in the following year to

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monks. Castro later decayed, and the bishop's residence was transferred to

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. On 8 December 1503, the territory of Castro and that of two other dioceses were combined to form the new diocese of Alghero (now Alghero-Bosa). Today what was the territory of Castro is part of that of the diocese of Ozieri

Titular see

Castro itself, no longer a residential bishopric, is listed by the

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as a

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''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 863 since its nominal restoration as a Latin Catholic

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in 1968, initially simply as Castro, since 1976 as Castro di Sardegna, avoiding confusion with sees named Castro in Lazio and in Puglia. It has had the following incumbents, both of the lowest (episcopal) and intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks : Titular Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau,

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(S.J.) (1998.07.11 – 2014.12.26) Titular Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Peña,

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(C.M.F.) (1969.07.28 – 1997.07.11) Titular Bishop (2015.07.15 – ...) Dominicus Meier,

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(O.S.B.), Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Germany)

Demographic evolution

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References

Sources and external links

GigaCatholic, with titular incumbent biography links
{{authority control Cities and towns in Sardinia