The Italian Catholic Diocese of Lanusei ( la, Dioecesis Oleastrensis) is in

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 ...

; before 1986 it was the diocese of Ogliastra. It is a

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...

of the archdiocese of Cagliari."Diocese of Lanusei"
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History

Ogliastra The province of Ogliastra ( it, provincia dell'Ogliastra , sc, provìntzia de s'Ogiastra) was a former province in eastern Sardinia, Italy. Ogliastra was the most mountainous province in Sardinia. With only some 57,642 inhabitants, it was also t ...

was formerly under the Archbishop of Cagliari.

Pope Leo XII Pope Leo XII ( it, Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death ...

, at the petition of King

Charles Felix of Sardinia Charles Felix (; 6 April 1765 – 27 April 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831. Early life Charles Felix was born in Turin as the eleventh child and fifth son born to Victor Amadeus III of ...

, by a bull of 11 November 1824, erected Ogliastra into a diocese, suffragan of Cagliari, with the Capuchin Serafino Carchero for its first bishop. Tortoli, the episcopal seat, was in the district of

Lanusei Lanusei (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in Sardinia in the Province of Nuoro The province of Nuoro ( it, provincia di Nuoro; sc, provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of ...

. Other bishops were: * Giuseppe Paderi * Emanuele Virgilio, previously Vicar-General of the

diocese of Venosa The Italian Catholic diocese of Venosa, in southern Italy, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa. From 1976 to 1986, Venosa had been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo. H ...

Ordinaries

*Serafino Matteo Ignazio Marie Carchero (Serafino Carchero),

O.F.M. Cap. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM) ...

(20 Dec 1824 – 20 Jan 1834 Confirmed, Bishop of Bisarchio o Bisarcio) *Vincenzo Fois (Vincentius Fois) (19 May 1837 – 3 Aug 1838 Resigned) *Giorgio Manurrita (13 Sep 1838 – 4 Dec 1844 Died) *Michele Todde Valeri, Sch. P. (14 Apr 1848 – 22 Dec 1851 Died) *Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra (24 Nov 1871 – 25 Sep 1882 Appointed,

Archbishop of Oristano The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oristano ( la, Archidioecesis Arborensis) is a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It was created in the eleventh century. Its only suffragan is the Diocese of Ales-Terralba. Since ...

) *Antonio Maria Contini (25 Sep 1882 – 16 Jan 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio) *Salvatore Depau-Puddu (12 Jun 1893 – 12 Dec 1899 Died) *Giuseppe Paderi (28 Mar 1900 – 30 Oct 1906 Died) *Emanuele Virgilio (15 Apr 1910 – 27 Jan 1923 Died) *Antonio Tommaso Videmari (2 Mar 1923 – 13 Feb 1925 Resigned) *Giuseppe Miglior (15 Jul 1927 – 6 May 1936 Died) *Lorenzo Basoli (28 Oct 1936 – 4 Jul 1970 Died) *Salvatore Delogu (2 Feb 1974 – 8 Jan 1981 Appointed,

Bishop of Valva e Sulmona A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...

) *Antioco Piseddu (29 Sep 1981 – 31 Jan 2014 Retired) *Antonio Mura (31 Jan 2014 Appointed – 2 July 2019 Appointed, Bishop of Nuoro ) Bishop Mura was appointed as apostolic administrator after his appointment to Nuoro,

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

appointed him to the see of Lanusei again, in addition to his current role as Bishop of Nuoro (uniting in persona Episcopi the dioceses of Nuoro and Lanusei).

Notes

External links

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Religious organizations established in 1824

1824 establishments in Italy 1824 establishments in the Kingdom of Sardinia