Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oristano

The Archdiocese of Oristano (Latin: Archidioecesis Arborensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It was created in the eleventh century. Its only suffragan is the Diocese of Ales-Terralba.

Archdiocese of Oristano Archidioecesis Arborensis
Oristano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Oristano
Statistics
Area	3,112 km^2 (1,202 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 135,000 (est.) 133,800 (est.) (99.1%)
Parishes	85
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11th century
Cathedral	Oristano Cathedral
Secular priests	99 (diocesan) 26 (Religious Orders) 5 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Suffragans	Diocese of Ales-Terralba
Bishops emeritus	Pier Giuliano Tiddia, Ignazio Sanna
Website
www.diocesioristano.it

Since 2019 the Archbishop of Oristano has been Roberto Carboni.

Archbishops

• 1202–1223 Bernardo
• 1224–1253 Torgotorio de Muru
• 1254– A...
• 1261– Torgotorio Cocco
• 1268–1279 Aleardo
• 1280–1289 Pietro
• 1296–1299 Scolay de Ardigellis
• 1299–1301 Consiglio Gatto
• 1299– Alamanno
• 1301–1305 Leonardo Aragall
• 1306–1308 Ugone
• 1308–1312 Oddone della Sala
• 1312–1339 Guido Cattaneo
• 1340–1342 Giovanni de Paperonibus
• 1342–1346 Giovanni di Cambray
• 1342– Pietro Munichi
• 1346–1349 Pietro
• 1349–1360 Nicolò
• 1360–1363 Bernardo
• 1363–1377 Ambrogio
• 1377– Enrico
• 1382–1386 Giacomo
• 1386–1387 Gonario
• 1387–1392 Leonardo De Zori
• 1392–1396 Corrado da Cloaco
• 1396–1400 Ubaldino Cambi
• 1400–1403 Mariano Fabario
• 1403–1404 Paolo Olemi
• 1404–1406 Nicola Berruto
• 1404– Bartolomeo Ghini
• 1406–1414 Bertrando Flores
• 1414–1437 Elia di Palmas
• 1437–1450 Lorenzo Squinto
• 1450–1454 Giorgio Attacco
• 1454–1460 Giacomo D'Alberale
• 1460–1462 Francesco Arnesti
• 1462–1485 Giovanni Dessì
• 1485–1492 Ferdinando Romano
• 1492–1510 Giacomo Serra
• 1510–1517 Pietro Serra De Munoz
• 1517–1520 Giovanni Briselot
• 1520–1530 Giovanni Clerc
• 1530–1535 Agostino Grimaldi
• 1536– Goffredo Pugiasson
• 1537–1554 Carlo de Alagon
• 1554–1556 Andrea Sanna
• 1556–1565 Pietro Sanna
• 1566–1571 Gerolamo Barberano
• 1572–1574 Pietro Buerba
• 1574–1577 Pietro Noarro
• 1578–1588 Francesco Figo
• 1588–1621 Antonio Canopolo
• 1621–1627 Lorenzo Nieto
• 1627–1641 Gavino Magliano
• 1641–1657 Pietro de Vico
• 1657–1684 Alfonso de Sotomajor
• 1664–1671 Bernardo Cotoner
• 1672–1685 Pietro de Alagon
• 1685–1702 Pietro de Accorrà y Figo
• 1704–1717 Francesco Masones Nin
• 1726–1740 Antonio Nin
• 1741–1744 Vincenzo Giovanni Vico Torrellas
• 1744–1746 Nicolò Maurizio Fontana
• 1746–1772 Luigi Emanuele de Carretto di Camerana
• 1772–1776 Antonio Romano Malingri
• 1778–1782 Giacomo Francesco Tommaso Astesan
• 1784–1798 Giuseppe Luigi Cusano di Sagliano
• 1798–1812 Francesco Maria Sisternes de Oblites
• 1812–1821 Giovanni Maria Azzei
• 1828–1840 Giovanni Maria Bua
• 1842–1860 Giovanni Saba
• 1872–1878 Antonio Soggiu
• 1879–1882 Bonfiglio Mura
• 1882–1992 Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra
• 1893–1898 Francesco Zunnui Casula
• 1899–1914 Salvatore Tolu
• 1914–1920 Ernesto Maria Piovella
• 1921–1938 Giorgio Maria Delrio
• 1938–1947 Giuseppe Cogoni
• 1947–1979 Sebastiano Fraghì
• 1979–1985 Francesco Spanedda
• 1986–2006 Pier Giuliano Tiddia
• 2006–2019 Ignazio Sanna
• 2019–present Roberto Carboni

It would appear that a process has begun to permanently unite the diocese of Ales-Terralba and the archdiocese of Oristano. The Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv., was promoted on 4 May 2019 to be Archbishop of Oristano and on the same date was appointed Apostolic Administrator of his former diocese of Ales-Terralba.^[1] However, on 3 July 2021, without losing his position as Archbishop of Oristano, he was reappointed Bishop of Ales-Terralba. The announcement specifies that this act unifies the two dioceses in persona Episcopi ('in the person of the Bishop').^[2]

References

1. "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.05.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 03.07.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 30 Oct 2021.

External links

• "Official website" (in Italian).
• (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2007-07-31.
•   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Oristano". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• "Archdiocese of Oristano". Catholic Hierarchy.
• "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oristano". GCatholic.org.

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