Ottana ( sc, Otzàna) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality), former bishopric and Latin

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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 Nuoro. It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The provinc ...

in the Italian region

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 ...

, 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 Sarule is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,864 and an area of .All demographics and ...

, 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 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; ...

Residential Ordinaries

(all

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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 The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachin ...

(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),

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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,

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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

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(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

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References

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