Diocese of Ozieri, Italy 🇮🇹

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ozieri / Octerien(sis) (Latin) / Othieren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sassari

Neighbouring Dioceses: Alghero–Bosa (↙), Sassari (←), Tempio–Ampurias (↑), Nuoro (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Antioco di Sulcis

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1915.02.12: Established as Diocese of Ozieri / Octerien(sis) (Latin) / Othieren(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Bisarcio and became suffragan of Sassari)

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Episcopio 1, 07014 Ozieri, Italy

Phone: 079 787210

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.07.18 – ...):

Bishop Corrado Melis (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ozieri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Corrado Melis (63)
(2015.07.18 – ...)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy)

Evangelii gaudium

Born:	1963.03.11 (Sardara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1988.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.09.13

Priest of Ales–Terralba (Italy) (1988.06.25 – 2015.07.18)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (2015.07.18 – ...)

Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.12.10 – 2015.07.18)

Bishop Sergio Pintor
(2006.09.29 – 2012.12.10)

Credidimus caritati

Born:	1937.11.16 (Oristano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.12.08
Died:	2020.12.26 (Oristano, Italy † 83)

Priest of Oristano (Italy) (1961.07.09 – 2006.09.29)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (2006.09.29 – 2012.12.10)

Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti (81)
(1997.03.27 – 2006.04.22)

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 Giovanni Pisanu
(1978.03.04 – 1997.03.27)

In simplicitate

Born:	1921.03.19 (Bolotana, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.23
Died:	2000.07.10 († 79)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (1978.03.04 – 1997.03.27)

Bishop Francesco Cogoni
(1939.03.03 – 1975.04.25)

Born:	1894.07.31 (Quartu Sant’Elena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1917.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.04.23
Died:	1980.01.14 († 85)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (1939.03.03 – 1975.04.25)

Bishop Igino Serci
(1934.02.02 – 1938.05.30)

Plus pressa plus surgit

Born:	1884.04.21 (Nuraminis, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.04.22
Died:	1938.05.30 († 54)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (1934.02.02 – 1938.05.30)

Bishop Francesco Maria Franco
(1919.03.10 – 1933.09.18)

Born:	1877.07.27 (San Damiano d’Asti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1900.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.05.01
Died:	1968.02.07 († 90)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (1919.03.10 – 1933.09.18)

Bishop of Crema (Italy) (1933.09.18 – 1950.07.10)

Titular Bishop of Ilium (1950.07.10 – 1968.02.07)

Bishop Carmine Cesarano, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1915.04.18 – 1918.09.30)

Born:	1869.10.24 (Pagani, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1893.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.05.30
Died:	1935.11.22 († 66)

Bishop of Ozieri (Italy) (1915.04.18 – 1918.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) (1918.09.30 – 1921.09.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Campagna (Italy) (1918.09.30 – 1921.09.30)

Archbishop-Bishop of Campagna (Italy) (1921.09.30 – 1931.12.16)

Archbishop-Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1931.12.16 – 1935.11.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale della Immacolata Concezione, Ozieri, Sassari, Sardegna
Former Cathedral: Ex cattedrale di Sant’Antioco, Sant’Antioco di Bisarcio, Sassari, Sardegna
Former Cathedral: Santuario Nostra Signora di Castro, Oschiri, Sassari, Sardegna
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Churches by City (33)

Alghero–Bosa (↙), Sassari (←), Tempio–Ampurias (↑), Nuoro (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,288 km²

Population: 43,219 Catholics (98.5% of 43,872 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes

Personnel: 38 priests (35 diocesan, 3 religious), 30 religious (3 brothers, 27 sisters), 9 seminarians