Diocese of Tempio–Ampurias, Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tempio–Ampurias / Templen(sis)–Ampurien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sassari

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Simplicio Vescovo e Martire, Saint Anthony the Great

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1986.09.30: Established as Diocese of Tempio–Ampurias / Templen(sis)–Ampurien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Ampurias and Diocese of Civita–Tempio and became suffragan of Sassari)

Contact Info

Address: Via Episcopio 7, 07029 Tempio Pausania, Italy

Phone: 079 631488

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.07.11 – ...):

Bishop Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. Cam. (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tempio–Ampurias (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roberto Fornaciari, O.S.B. Cam. (61)
(2023.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy)

Camminare Edificare Confessare

Born:	1963.12.23 (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	2001.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.09.16

Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy) (2023.07.11 – ...)

Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti (80)
(2006.04.22 – 2023.07.11)

Bishop emeritus of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy)

In lætitia et caritate

Born:	1945.03.29 (Lula, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.05.17

Priest of Nuoro (Italy) (1970.08.02 – 1997.03.27)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (1997.03.27 – 2006.04.22)

Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy) (2006.04.22 – 2023.07.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Ozieri (Italy) (2012.12.10 – 2015.07.18)

Bishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (83) (later Archbishop)
(1993.02.08 – 2004.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sassari (Italy)

In perfecta lætitia servire

Born:	1942.02.21 (Mantova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.28

Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy) (1993.02.08 – 2004.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (2004.09.14 – 2017.06.27)

Bishop Pietro Meloni (89)
(1986.09.30 – 1992.04.16)

Bishop emeritus of Nuoro (Italy)

Gaudium et spes

Born:	1935.08.31 (Sassari, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.09.10

Priest of Sassari (Italy) (1968.06.28 – 1983.06.09)

Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) (1983.06.09 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy) (1983.06.09 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Tempio–Ampurias (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1992.04.16)

Bishop of Nuoro (Italy) (1992.04.16 – 2011.04.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo, Tempio Pausania, Sassari, Sardegna
Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di Sant’Antonio Abate, Castelsardo, Sassari, Sardegna
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Simplicio, Olbia, Sassari, Sardegna
Minor Basilica: Basilica della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria, Luogosanto, Sassari, Sardegna
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (56)

Sassari (↙), Ajaccio (↑), Nuoro (↘), Ozieri (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,695 km²

Population: 156,800 Catholics (98.3% of 159,531 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes

Personnel: 75 priests (66 diocesan, 9 religious), 12 deacons, 63 religious (9 brothers, 54 sisters), 2 seminarians