Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagliari

Archdiocese of Cagliari
Archidioecesis Calaritanus
Arcidiocesi di Cagliari

Cathedral of Cagliari
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Cagliari
Statistics
Area 4,041 km2 (1,560 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
563,251
562,251 (99.8%)
Parishes 133
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 4th century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria di Castello
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Arrigo Miglio
Suffragans Diocese of Iglesias
Diocese of Lanusei
Diocese of Nuoro
Emeritus Bishops Giuseppe Mani
Website
www.chiesadicagliari.it

The Archdiocese of Cagliari (Latin: Archidioecesis Calaritanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese centred on the city of Cagliari. It holds the Primacy of Sardinia.[1][2]

History

Legend relates how a disciple of Jesus Christ, one Bonifatius, preached the Gospel in Cagliari in the 1st century. There were probably bishops at Cagliari from an early date, however, as Athanasius of Alexandria speaks of previous episcopal martyrs (during the Diocletian persecution most likely) in a letter to his contemporary, the first well-known bishop of Cagliari, Lucifer. Cagliari remained Roman Catholic despite the Arianism prevalent at the time and many African bishops fled the Arian Vandals to come to Cagliari. At the time of the Second Council of Constantinople (681), Cagliari was already a metropolitan see. It has been suggested that in the 10th and 11th century as the giudicati of Sardinia became independent, the archbishop of Cagliari became the de facto theocratic ruler of the island through the Corona de Logu.

In 1075, Pope Gregory VII reproached the Archbishop James for wearing a beard, a fashion which had been introduced into Sardinia at an earlier date; the pope asked the Judge Torchitorio I to oblige the clergy to abandon this custom. The same bishop and his colleagues were blamed by Pope Victor III (1087) for neglect of their churches. Under this pope, the Archbishop of Cagliari became known as the Primate of Sardinia. In the 12th century, however, the prominence of Cagliari was reduced vis-à-vis the Archdiocese 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 first Pope to visit Sardinia in 1,650 years when he made his visit to Cagliari Cathedral, which is a minor basilica. Pope John Paul II paid a visit later. Pope Benedict XVI visited in September 2008 while Pope Francis visited in 2013.

Ordinaries

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Cagliari" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 6, 2016
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagliari" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 6, 2016
  3. ↑ "Archbishop Juan Pilars" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 25, 2016
  4. ↑ "Archbishop Alfonso Laso Sedeño" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 9, 2016
  5. ↑ "Archbishop Alfonso Laso Sedeño" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 9, 2016

Suffragan sees

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Cagliari". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 39°13′00″N 9°07′00″E / 39.2167°N 9.1167°E / 39.2167; 9.1167

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