Diocese of Nuoro

The Diocese of Nuoro (Latin: Dioecesis Nuorensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church on the east-central coast Sardinia, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. Historically it was the diocese of Galtellì until 1779, and then the diocese of Galtellì-Nuoro until 1928. In 1928, it became the diocese of Nuoro.

CountryItaly

MetropolitanCagliari

Area2,806 km² (1,083 sq mi)

Population

Total

Catholics

(as of 2023)

116,360

115,606 (99.4%)

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Diocese of Nuoro Dioecesis Nuorensis

Nuoro Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Metropolitan	Cagliari
Statistics
Area	2,806 km² (1,083 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 116,360 115,606 (99.4%)
Parishes	46
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12th Century
Cathedral	Nuoro Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Neve)
Secular priests	65 (diocesan) 4 (Religious Orders) 8 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Antonio Mura
Metropolitan Archbishop	Giuseppe Baturi
Bishops emeritus	Pietro Meloni, Mosè Marcia
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Website
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History

A bishop of Gallura, Villanus, is attested as late as 1114. Subsequently his diocese was divided in two: Civitas and Galtelli. Both were immediately subject to the Papacy until the papacy of Innocent II (1130–1143).^[1]

Galtellì was already an episcopal see in 1138,^[2] when Pope Innocent II made it a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa; but, by the mid 13th century, it was directly subject to the Holy See.^[3]

The cathedral of Galtelli was dedicated to Saint Peter. It was administered and served by a corporation called a Chapter, headed by one dignity, the Archpriest, and eight canons.^[4]

On 11 September 1495, Pope Alexander VI suppressed the diocese of Galtelli with the bull "Sacrosancta Romana Ecclesia", and its territory was united to the archdiocese of Cagliari.^[5]

On 21 July 1779, by the Apostolic brief "Eam inter caeteras", Pope Pius VI, responding to the request of King Victor Emmanuel III of Savoy and Sardinia, restored the ancient diocese of Galtellina, moved the town of Nuoro, a commune of c. 2,000 persons, into the diocese, and ordered that the diocese be called "Galtellinensis-Norensis". He directed that Nuoro be the seat of the bishop.^[6] The new cathedral in Nuoro was to be the church of Santa Maria ad Nives. The first bishop, Giovanni Serra-Urru, was appointed in the consistory of 18 September 1780.^[7]

In the 1920s, the bishop and authorities of the diocese and civil province of Nuoro were eager to shorten the designation of "Galtelli-Nuoro", and they therefore applied to the Vatican for permission. The Sacred Consistorial Congregation replied on 27 January 1928, granting permission, with papal consent, to style the diocese simply as "Nuoro".^[8]

Among its bishops was Fra Arnolfo de Bissalis (1366).

Bishops

Diocese of Galtelli

Erected: 12th Century Latin Name: Galtellinensis

Bernardus (1138)^[9]

...

Ioannes (1173)^[10]

...

Magister (1206)^[11]

...

[Ignotus] (1302)^[12]
Nicolaus ( ? – 1329)^[13]
Gualterius, O.P. (1329–1333?)
Simon (1333–1344/45)^[14]
Antonius (1345– )
Arnaldus de Episcopali, O.Carm. (1348 – )^[15]
Albertus (1365– )
Antonius de Sabatinis, O.Carm. (1376– )
Antonius Petri, O. Carm. (1379– ) Avignon Obedience
Guilelmus Arnaudi, O.Min. (1386– ) Avignon Obedience
Antonius Roceres (1387– ) Roman Obedience
Paulus de Roma (1394– ) Roman Obedience
Bertrandus Flores (1404–1406) Roman Obedience
Gerardus (1406– )
Joannes de Mira(ca)pillis, O.P. (1419– )
Joannes Ferrarii de Valencia, O.Min. (1426– )
Guglielmo da Morana, O.Min. (1428–1432)^[16]
Sebastian Abbatis, O.P. (6 Mar 1433 – 1451?)^[17]
Laurentius Pugiol, O.Min. (1451–1457?)^[18]
Giovanni Cicci, O.P. (1457–1467?)^[19]
Giorgio Pernia (Pinna) (1467–1486)^[20]
Guglielmo Oller (Ogler) (1487–1490)^[21]
Guglielmo Vidal (1490–1493?)^[22]
Giovanni Vincy (1494–1495)^[23]

Diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori)

Name Changed: 21 July 1779
Latin Name: Galtellinensis-Nuorensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cagliari

Giovanni Antioco Serra Urru (Sisra) (1780 – 1786)^[24]
Pietro Antonio Craveri, O.F.M. Obs. (7 Apr 1788 – 7 Oct 1801)^[25]
Alberto Solinas (17 Jan 1803 – 17 Jul 1817)^[26]
Antonio-Maria Casabianca (29 Mar 1819 – 1828)^[27]

Sede vacante (1828–1848)^[28]

Administrator: Giovanni Maria Bua, Archbishop of Oristano (died 1840)^[29]

Canon Ciriaco Pala of Nuoro

Domenico Alessandro Valesini, Archbishop of Sassari

Emanuele Marongiu Maccioni (11 Dec 1848 – 9 Oct 1852 Resigned)
Salvatore Angelo de Martis, O. Carm. (22 Feb 1867 – 24 Jun 1902 Died)
Luca Canepa (18 Feb 1903 – 11 Dec 1922 Died)
Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C. (24 Mar 1924 – 2 Oct 1929 Appointed, Archbishop of Sassari)

Name Changed: 27 January 1928
Latin Name: Nuorensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cagliari

Giuseppe Cogoni (1930 – 1938)^[30]
Felice Beccaro (1939 – 1946)^[31]
Giuseppe Melas (1947 – 1970 Died)^[32]
Giovanni Melis Fois (1970 – 1992)^[33]
Pietro Meloni (16 Apr 1992 – 21 Apr 2011 Retired)
Mosè Marcia (21 Apr 2011 – 2 July 2019 Retired)
Antonio Mura (2 July 2019 – Present)^[34]

References

[1]
Pasquale Tola, Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae, (in Latin) Vol. 1 (Torino: e regia Typographeo 1861), pp. 191-192. Kehr, p. 419: "Sardiniae iudicatuum iam saec. XI ex(eunte) quisque propriam habebat metropolim Gallurensi solo excepto. Qui tantum duos comprehendebat episcopatus, Galtellinensem videlicet et Civitatensem, qui ambo usque ad Innocentii II tempora sedi apost. immediate subiecti fuisse videntur."
[2]
Galtelli may have been a diocese by 1133: Kehr, p. 382, no. 39.
[3]
Kehr, p. 421.
[4]
Cappelletti XIII, p. 96.
[5]
Kehr, p. 421. Tonino Cabizzosu, Ricerche socio-religiose sulla chiesa sarda tra '800 e '900, (in Italian), Volume 1 (Cagliari: Edizioni della Torre, 1999), p. 322. Many others give the date 1496.
[6]
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, (in Latin), Vol. 20 (1928), p. 104: "Antiquam Galtellinensem dioecesim Apostolicis sub plumbo Litteris Eam inter caeteras, diei 21 Iulii 1779, Pius f. r. Pp. VI restituit...."
[7]
Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 223, with notes 1 and 2.
[8]
Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 20 (1928), p. 105.
[9]
Bernardus: Mattei, p. 282. Cappelletti, p. 96.
[10]
Mattei, p. 282. Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae Vol. 1, p. 244: "Testes iudike Barusone episcopu Iovanni de Gattelli, e prite Petru Lupu...."
[11]
In a letter of 14 March 1206 to the archbishop of Pisa, Pope Innocent III complains that Bishop-elect Magister, who was on his way to Rome, presumably for consecration, was being detained in Pisa. Mauro G. Sanna, Innocenzo III e la Sardegna (Cagliari 2003), p. 94: "Quia vero, sicut accepimus, dilectus filius Magister Gallurensis electus ad Sedem aostolicam proficiscens a Pisanis nequiter detinetur ne ad nostram possit presentiam pervenire, volumus nichilominus et mandamus ut eum ... facias expediri...."
[12]
Mattei, p. 282, col. 1.
[13]
Nicolaus: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 259.
[14]
On the death of Bishop Galterius, Pope John XXII exercised the papal reservation put on the appointment of the next bishop. He appointed Symon, archpriest of the cathedral of Galtellina, on 30 July 1333. G. Mollat, Jean XXII: Lettres communes (in Latin) Vol. XII (Paris: E. de Boccard 1932), p. 189, no. 60873. Eubel I, p. 259.
[15]
Arnaldus Biscali was appointed on 11 July 1348, by Pope Clement VI. Eubel I, p. 259.
[16]
Fra Guglielmo was a master of theology. He was appointed by Pope Martin V on 5 March 1428. He died in 1432. Mattei, p. 284, col. 1. Eubel I, p. 259.
[17]
Sebastianus had been an Apostolic Penitentiary in St. Peter's Basilica. He was appointed bishop of Galtelli on 6 March 1433, by Pope Eugenius IV. He died in 1451. Eubel II, p. 157 with note 1.
[18]
Pugiol was appointed on 28 September 1451, by Pope Nicholas V. Eubel II, p. 157.
[19]
Cicci was appointed by Pope Calixtus III on 8 June 1457. Eubel II, p. 157.
[20]
Pernia was appointed on 4 May 1467, by Pope Paul II. Eubel II, p. 157 with note 2.
[21]
Oller was appointed by Pope Innocent VIII on 6 January 1487. Eubel II, p. 157.
[22]
Vidal was appointed on 26 June 1490, by Pope Innocent VIII. Eubel II, p. 157.
[23]
Vincy was appointed by Pope Alexander VI on 8 January 1494. He died in 1496. Eubel II, p. 157 with note 4.
[24]
Serra-Urru held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Sassari 1753). He was a canon of Oristano Cathdral, serving successively as Penitentiary, Theologus, and Archdeacon. He was pro-Vicar-general of Oristano, and then Vicar-general from 1766. On 17 May 1780, he was nominated by the King of Sardinia, Victor Amadeus III of Savoy, to the diocese of Galtelli, and was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 18 September 1780. He died in Oristano on 8 February 1786. Cappelletti, pp. 97-98. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 223 with note 2.
[25]
Craveri: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 223 with note 3.
[26]
Solinas: Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 201.
[27]
On 29 Jan 1828, Casabianca was put under an interdict. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 201.
[28]
Cappelletti, p. 98.
[29]
Notizie per l'anno M.D.CCC.XXXIII (Roma: Cracas 1833), p. 104.
[30]
Cogoni had been Vicar-general of the archdiocese of Cagliari. He was appointed bishop of Nuoro by Pope Pius XI on 20 November 1930. On 4 November 1938, he was appointed Archbishop of Oristano (Arborensis). Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 23 (1931), p. 15; Vol. 30 (1938), p. 346.
[31]
Born in Grognardo, south of Alessandria, Beccaro had been archpriest-pastor of the churcvh of the Assumption in Ovada (diocese of Acqui, Piedmont). He was named bishop of Nuoro by Pope Pius XII on 3 March 1939. On 26 November 1946, he was appointed Bishop of San Miniato (Province of Pisa). He died on 9 February 1972. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Latin) Vol. 31 (1939), p. 168; vol. 38 (1946), p. 439.
[32]
Melas had been Chancellor of the Curia of the archdiocese of Cagliari. He was appointed bishop of Nuoro by Pope Pius XII on 31 January 1947. He died on 10 September 1970. Acta Apostolica Sedis Vol. 39 (1947), p. 65.
[33]
Fois had been Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio (1963–1970). He was appointed bishop of Nuoro by Pope Paul VI on 7 November 1970. He retired at the age of 75, on 16 April 1992. Annuario pontificio (Citta del Vaticano 2009), p. 525.
[34]
On 9 April 2020, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Mura as Bishop of Lanusei (Oleastrensis), in addition to his current role as Bishop of Nuoro. Lanusei is 71 km (44 mi) from Nuoro. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 112 (2020), p. 474.

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