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Archdiocese of Cagliari Archidioecesis Calaritana Arcidiocesi di Cagliari | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cagliari |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,041 km2 (1,560 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 133 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria di Castello |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Giuseppe Baturi |
| Suffragans | Diocese of Iglesias Diocese of Lanusei Diocese of Nuoro |
| Bishops emeritus | Giuseppe Mani Arrigo Miglio |
| Website | |
| www.chiesadicagliari.it | |
TheArchdiocese of Cagliari (Latin:Archidioecesis Calaritana;Sardinian:Arcidiòtzesi de Casteddu) is aLatinarchdiocese of theCatholic Church centred on the city ofCagliari. It holds thePrimacy ofSardinia.[1][2]
Legend relates how a disciple ofJesus Christ, one Bonifatius, preached theGospel inCagliari in the 1st century. There were probably bishops at Cagliari from an early date, however, asAthanasius of Alexandria speaks of previous episcopal martyrs (during theDiocletian persecution most likely) in a letter to his contemporary, the first well-known bishop of Cagliari,Lucifer. Cagliari remainedRoman Catholic despite theArianism prevalent at the time and many African bishops fled the ArianVandals to come to Cagliari. At the time of theSecond Council of Constantinople (681), Cagliari was already ametropolitan see. It has been suggested that in the 10th and 11th century as thegiudicati of Sardinia became independent, the archbishop of Cagliari became thede facto theocratic ruler of the island through theCorona de Logu.
In 1075,Pope Gregory VII reproached theArchbishop James for wearing a beard, a fashion which had been introduced into Sardinia at an earlier date; the pope asked theJudge Torchitorio I to oblige the clergy to abandon this custom. The title of Primate of Sardinia appears for the first time in the false correspondence between Pope Victor III and Archbishop James (1075-1089).[3] In the 12th century, however, the prominence of Cagliari was reducedvis-à-vis theArchdiocese of Torres in the north of the island. In 1158, the title of Primate of Sardinia and Corsica was given to the Archbishop of Pisa, but in 1409 it was reassumed by the Archbishop of Cagliari, whence arose a controversy between those sees, which dragged on into the 20th century.
Pope Paul VI became the firstPope to visit Sardinia in 1,650 years when he made his visit to Cagliari Cathedral, which is aminor basilica.Pope John Paul II paid a visit later.Pope Benedict XVI visited in September 2008 whilePope Francis visited in 2013.
Latin Name: Calaritana
Erected: 4th Century
Elevated: 11th Century
1420Territory Addedfrom the suppressedDiocese of Suelli
1503Territory Addedfrom the suppressedDiocese of Dolia
8 November 1824: Territory Lost to form theDiocese of Ogliastra
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Cagliari".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cagliari | |
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