Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa

The diocese of Alghero-Bosa is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Sardinia, Italy. It has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the historic diocese of Alghero was combined with the diocese of Bosa. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Sassari.^[1]

History

Alghero was built by the Doria of Genoa in 1102. In 1106 John, Bishop of Alghero, assisted at the consecration of the Church of the Trinity in Saccargia.

After a long period, the see was renewed and confirmed by Pope Julius II in his Bull of 1503. Pietro Parens, a Genoese, became bishop; he was present at the Fifth Lateran Council in 1512.^[2]

On Monday, January 31, 2011, the Vatican Information Service (VIS) announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed the Reverend Father Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B., Professor of Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, as Bishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa, Italy. The Diocese has an area of 2,012; a total population of 106,300; a Catholic population of 105,650; 87 priests; 7 permanent deacons; and 176 religious. The Bishop-elect was born in Arborea, Italy in 1958, and was ordained a priest in 1986.

Notes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.