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Archdiocese of Sassari

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Bishop(s)

  • Gian Franco Saba, Archbishop
  • Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Name Changed: 1441
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,978 (764 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sardegna
  • Official Web Site: http://www.arcidiocesisassari.it/
  • Mailing Address: Via Dei Mille 19, 07100 Sassari, Italia
  • Telephone: 079.60.16.817

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Torres
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Torres (erected)
Archdiocese of Torres
1073ElevatedDiocese of Torres Archdiocese of Torres
Archdiocese of Sassari
1441Name ChangedArchdiocese of Torres Archdiocese of Sassari
8 December 1503Territory AddedDiocese of Sorres (Sorra) (suppressed) Archdiocese of Sassari
31 July 1533Territory AddedDiocese of Ploaghe (suppressed) (effective) Archdiocese of Sassari

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Sassari
188690,991.0%214032OTC
1949139,000140,00099.3%10953162858563339ap1951
1970191,000194,64598.1%1249021489211950553ap1971
1980207,591214,24596.9%113781911,08619736056ap1981
1990213,167216,34698.5%100701701,25318931761ap1991
1999214,500215,53599.5%100651651,30018125661ap2000
2000219,730220,73999.5%101491501,46425826961ap2001
2001220,000221,10099.5%98491471,49625825961ap2002
2002221,000223,10099.1%100701701,30027925961ap2003
2003223,100224,60399.3%98641621,37737123861ap2004
2004219,356220,85999.3%94551491,47236524761ap2005
2010220,000223,00098.7%99541531,43746119860ap2011
2014220,000226,80097.0%99431421,54945418060ap2015
2017228,353235,00097.2%95411361,67955117061ap2018
2020225,000230,00097.8%92361281,75744413760ap2021
2022225,000230,00097.8%92441361,65435212760ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Torres
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 839, to Page 840
  • Archdiocese of Torres
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 503, and Page 504
  • Archdiocese of Sassari
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 259
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 322
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 350
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 395, and Page 396
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 422, and Page 423

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