Cagliari (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Giuseppe Salvatore Baturi, Archbishop
Giuseppe Mani, Archbishop Emeritus
Arrigo Miglio, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 11th Century
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 4,041 (1,560 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Sardegna
Official Web Site: http://www.chiesadicagliari.it/
Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Mons. Cogoni 9, 09121 Cagliari, Italia
Telephone: 070.52.84.33.02/3
Fax: 070.52.84.33.05

Historical Details

Diocese of Cagliari
- Latin Name: Calaritana
- Erected: 4th Century
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Citonato † ( 680 Appointed - )
Mariano da Sulci † (27 Mar 1218 Appointed - )
Ugone † ( 1260 Appointed - 1276 Died)
Gallo † (27 Nov 1276 Appointed - )
Percivalle de Comitibus † (21 Jan 1290 Appointed - 1295 Died)
Giacomo de Abbate † (20 Sep 1295 Appointed - 1299 Died)
Ranucio , O.F.M. Conv. † (8 Nov 1299 Appointed - 1322 Died)
Gioannello † ( 1322 Appointed - 1331 Died)
Gundisalvus Bonihominis † (9 Aug 1331 Appointed - 1341 Died)
Guillaume de Popoleto, O. Cist. † (10 Feb 1341 Appointed - 1342 Died)
Sebastiano † (11 Dec 1342 Appointed - 1344 Died)
Guglielmo , O.E.S.A. † (20 Oct 1344 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Pietro Cescomes, O. Cist. † (5 Nov 1348 Appointed - 1352 Died)
Giovanni Graziani † (18 May 1352 Appointed - 1354 Died)
Juan de Aragón, O.F.M. † (12 Feb 1354 Appointed - 1369 Died)
Bernardo † (8 Feb 1369 Appointed - 1398 Died)
Diego † ( 1386 Appointed - )
Giovanni † ( 1400 Appointed - )
Antonio Dexart, O. de M. † (21 Feb 1403 Appointed - 1413 Died)
Pietro Spínola, O.S.B. † (8 Oct 1414 Appointed - 1422 Died)
Giovanni Fabri, O. Carm. † (10 May 1423 Appointed - 1440 Resigned)
Matteo Jofre † (29 Jan 1440 Appointed - )
Francesco Ferrer † (27 Dec 1460 Appointed - 13 Feb 1467 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mallorca)
Louis de Fenollet † (13 Feb 1467 Appointed - 27 Jan 1468 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Anglona)
Antonio Baragues, O.P. † ( 1471 Appointed - 1471 Died)
Gabriele Serra, O. Cist. † (13 Jan 1472 Appointed - 1484 Died)
Pietro Pilares, O.P. † (13 Jul 1484 Appointed - 9 Jan 1514 Resigned)
Juan Pilars † (9 Jan 1514 Appointed - 1521 Died)
Jerónimo Vilanova † (25 Oct 1521 Appointed - 1534 Died)
Domenico Pastorello, O.F.M. Conv. † (13 Nov 1534 Appointed - 17 Oct 1547 Died)
Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. † (31 Aug 1548 Appointed - 21 Apr 1558 Resigned)
Antonio Parragues de Castillejo, O.S.B. † (4 Nov 1558 Appointed - 23 Feb 1573 Died)
Francisco Pérez † (29 May 1574 Appointed - 28 Oct 1577 Died)
Gaspar Vicente Novella † (6 Oct 1578 Appointed - 24 Aug 1586 Died)
Francisco de Val † (27 Apr 1587 Appointed - 28 Oct 1595 Died)
Alfonso Laso Sedeño † (7 Feb 1596 Appointed - 1 Dec 1604 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mallorca)
Francisco Esquivel † (20 Jun 1605 Appointed - 21 Dec 1624 Died)
Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. † ( 1625 Appointed - 1626 Died)
Ambrogio Machin, O. de M. † (20 Sep 1627 Confirmed - 23 Oct 1640 Died)
Bernardo Lacabra † (13 Jan 1643 Appointed - 23 Dec 1655 Died)
Pietro de Vico † (27 Aug 1657 Appointed - 7 Jan 1676 Died)
Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. † (19 Oct 1676 Confirmed - 11 Jan 1683 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ávila)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. † (15 Nov 1683 Appointed - 1 Oct 1685 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zamora)
Luis (Antonio) Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. de M. † (18 Mar 1686 Appointed - 28 Jul 1689 Died)
Francesco di Sobrecasas, O.P. † (12 Dec 1689 Confirmed - 4 Jan 1698 Died)
Bernardo di Cariñena Ipenza y Saulini, O. de M. † (5 Oct 1699 Appointed - 25 Dec 1722 Died)
Giovanni Giuseppe Falletti † (16 Dec 1726 Appointed - 1 Jan 1748 Died)
Giulio Cesare Gandolfi † (1 Apr 1748 Confirmed - Jun 1758 Died)
Tomaso Ignazio Maria Natta, O.P. † (4 Apr 1759 Confirmed - 27 Jun 1763 Resigned)
Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. † (18 Jul 1763 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1777 Died)
Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. † (1 Jun 1778 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1797 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara)
Diego Gregorio Cadello † (29 Jan 1798 Confirmed - 5 Jul 1807 Died)
Nicolo Navoni † (29 Mar 1819 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1836 Died)
Antonio Raimondo Tore † (2 Oct 1837 Confirmed - 9 Mar 1840 Died)
Emanuele Marongiu Nurra † (23 May 1842 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1866 Died)
Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 5 Apr 1881 Died)
Vincenzo Gregorio Berchialla, O.M.V. † (4 Aug 1881 Appointed - 13 Oct 1892 Died)
Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra † (16 Jan 1893 Appointed - 18 Sep 1900 Died)
Pietro Balestra, O.F.M. Conv. † (17 Dec 1900 Appointed - 1 May 1912 Died)
Francesco Rossi † (9 Apr 1913 Appointed - 15 Dec 1919 Appointed, Archbishop of Ferrara)
Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho † (8 Mar 1920 Appointed - 18 Feb 1949 Died)
Paolo Botto † (1 Aug 1949 Appointed - 2 May 1969 Resigned)
Sebastiano Baggio † (23 Jun 1969 Appointed - 26 Feb 1973 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops)
Giuseppe Bonfiglioli † (17 Apr 1973 Appointed - 11 Feb 1984 Resigned)
Giovanni Canestri † (22 Mar 1984 Appointed - 6 Jul 1987 Appointed, Archbishop of Genova-Bobbio)
Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (23 Nov 1987 Appointed - 20 Jun 2003 Retired)
Giuseppe Mani (20 Jun 2003 Appointed - 25 Feb 2012 Retired)
Arrigo Miglio (25 Feb 2012 Appointed - 16 Nov 2019 Retired)
Giuseppe Salvatore Baturi (16 Nov 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Cagliari
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Cagliari (erected)
Archdiocese of Cagliari
11th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Cagliari	Archdiocese of Cagliari
12 February 1420	Territory Added	Diocese of Suelli (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Cagliari
1495	Territory Added	Diocese of Galtelli (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Cagliari
8 December 1503	Territory Added	Diocese of Dolia (Doglia) (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Cagliari
21 July 1779	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cagliari	Diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro (Galtelly Nori) (erected)
8 November 1824	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Cagliari	Diocese of Ogliastra (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Cagliari

1886 147,115 .0% 147 0 78 OTC

1948 310,000 310,194 99.9% 152 74 226 1,371 112 524 86 ap1951

1958 345,083 345,583 99.9% 178 126 304 1,135 196 910 95 ap1960

1970 448,000 449,321 99.7% 214 157 371 1,207 218 1,051 114 ap1971

1980 496,150 518,349 95.7% 210 174 384 1,292 240 1,033 125 ap1981

1990 539,000 551,617 97.7% 194 190 384 1,403 6 246 976 133 ap1991

1999 540,000 559,825 96.5% 193 115 308 1,753 21 140 878 132 ap2000

2000 530,000 557,460 95.1% 196 148 344 1,540 27 173 870 133 ap2001

2001 531,000 556,941 95.3% 186 172 358 1,483 29 211 848 133 ap2002

2002 530,000 551,708 96.1% 199 183 382 1,387 32 226 870 133 ap2003

2003 522,000 547,352 95.4% 200 127 327 1,596 31 163 828 133 ap2004

2004 550,000 560,583 98.1% 201 144 345 1,594 29 181 804 133 ap2005

2006 562,251 563,251 99.8% 191 129 320 1,757 30 162 940 133 ap2007

2013 575,000 583,365 98.6% 201 170 371 1,549 38 227 810 135 ap2014

2016 568,600 581,900 97.7% 188 132 320 1,776 43 188 810 133 ap2017

2019 573,420 586,280 97.8% 189 128 317 1,808 42 134 810 130 ap2020

2021 566,600 579,300 97.8% 189 128 317 1,787 42 134 810 130 ap2022

2023 563,000 576,000 97.7% 174 135 309 1,822 41 144 86 130 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Cagliari
1886		147,115	.0%			147	0				78	OTC
1948	310,000	310,194	99.9%	152	74	226	1,371		112	524	86	ap1951
1958	345,083	345,583	99.9%	178	126	304	1,135		196	910	95	ap1960
1970	448,000	449,321	99.7%	214	157	371	1,207		218	1,051	114	ap1971
1980	496,150	518,349	95.7%	210	174	384	1,292		240	1,033	125	ap1981
1990	539,000	551,617	97.7%	194	190	384	1,403	6	246	976	133	ap1991
1999	540,000	559,825	96.5%	193	115	308	1,753	21	140	878	132	ap2000
2000	530,000	557,460	95.1%	196	148	344	1,540	27	173	870	133	ap2001
2001	531,000	556,941	95.3%	186	172	358	1,483	29	211	848	133	ap2002
2002	530,000	551,708	96.1%	199	183	382	1,387	32	226	870	133	ap2003
2003	522,000	547,352	95.4%	200	127	327	1,596	31	163	828	133	ap2004
2004	550,000	560,583	98.1%	201	144	345	1,594	29	181	804	133	ap2005
2006	562,251	563,251	99.8%	191	129	320	1,757	30	162	940	133	ap2007
2013	575,000	583,365	98.6%	201	170	371	1,549	38	227	810	135	ap2014
2016	568,600	581,900	97.7%	188	132	320	1,776	43	188	810	133	ap2017
2019	573,420	586,280	97.8%	189	128	317	1,808	42	134	810	130	ap2020
2021	566,600	579,300	97.8%	189	128	317	1,787	42	134	810	130	ap2022
2023	563,000	576,000	97.7%	174	135	309	1,822	41	144	86	130	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giacomo de Abbate † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1295 to 1299)
Giuseppe Acorrà †
Pedro de Alagón y de Cardona †
Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (Archbishop: 23 Nov 1987 to 20 Jun 2003)
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso †
Gavino di Aquena †
Juan de Aragón, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1354 to 1369)
Antonio Atzori †
Giovanni Atzori †
Michele Antonio Aymerich de Villamar † (Priest: 18 Dec 1762 to 15 Sep 1788)
Vincenzo Bacallar †
Sebastiano Baggio † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1969 to 26 Feb 1973)
Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R. †
Pietro Balestra, O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1900 to 1 May 1912)
Giovanni Antonio Balma, O.M.V. † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 5 Apr 1881)
Antonio Baragues, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1471 to 1471)
Berardo Barracciu, O.F.M. Conv. †
Vincenzo Gregorio Berchialla, O.M.V. † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1881 to 13 Oct 1892)
Giuseppe Bonfiglioli † (Archbishop: 17 Apr 1973 to 11 Feb 1984)
Gundisalvus Bonihominis † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1331 to 1341)
Giovanni Antonio Borro †
Paolo Botto † (Archbishop: 1 Aug 1949 to 2 May 1969)
Diego Gregorio Cadello † (Deacon: 24 Sep 1757; Priest: 20 May 1758; Archbishop: 29 Jan 1798 to 5 Jul 1807)
Salvator Angelo Cadello †
Luca Canepa † (Priest: 20 Dec 1879 to 18 Feb 1903)
Giovanni Canestri † (Archbishop: 22 Mar 1984 to 6 Jul 1987)
Nicola Cani, O.P. †
Eugenio Cano †
Giacomo Capay y Castagner †
Antonio Giuseppe Carcassona †
Bernardo di Cariñena Ipenza y Saulini, O. de M. † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1699 to 25 Dec 1722)
Tommaso Carnicer (Carnizar), O.P. †
Paolo Carta † (Priest: 28 Jul 1935 to 9 Mar 1955)
Sebastiano Carta † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Oct 1621 to 29 Nov 1627)
Pietro Cescomes, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1348 to 1352)
Giovanni Cogoni † (Priest: 29 Jun 1940 to 7 Sep 1970)
Giuseppe Cogoni † (Priest: 22 Aug 1909 to 20 Nov 1930)
Percivalle de Comitibus † (Archbishop: 21 Jan 1290 to 1295)
Domenico Cugia †
Giuseppe Agostino Delbecchi, Sch. P. † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1763 to 1 Apr 1777)
Salvatore Delogu † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1972 to 2 Feb 1974)
Luigi de Magistris † (Priest: 12 Apr 1952 to 6 Mar 1996)
Francisco de Val † (Archbishop: 27 Apr 1587 to 28 Oct 1595)
Antonio Dexart, O. de M. † (Archbishop: 21 Feb 1403 to 1413)
Luis (Antonio) Díaz Aux de Armendáriz, O. de M. † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1686 to 28 Jul 1689)
Serafino Esquirro †
Francisco Esquivel † (Archbishop: 20 Jun 1605 to 21 Dec 1624)
Giovanni Fabri, O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 10 May 1423 to 1440)
Giovanni Giuseppe Falletti † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1726 to 1 Jan 1748)
Louis de Fenollet † (Archbishop: 13 Feb 1467 to 27 Jan 1468)
Giovanni Nepomuceno Ferdiani †
Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 19 Oct 1676 to 11 Jan 1683)
Francesco Ferrer † (Archbishop: 27 Dec 1460 to 13 Feb 1467)
Giovanni Maria Filia †
Angelo Galzerin, O.F.M. Conv. †
Giulio Cesare Gandolfi † (Archbishop: 1 Apr 1748 to Jun 1758)
Palmerio Garau Onida †
Honuphrius Geronda (Gerona) †
Giovanni Graziani † (Archbishop: 18 May 1352 to 1354)
Francesco Ignazio Guiso †
Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. † (Archbishop: 31 Aug 1548 to 21 Apr 1558)
Raimondo Ingheo-Ledda †
Matteo Jofre † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1440)
Bernardo Lacabra † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1643 to 23 Dec 1655)
Alfonso Laso Sedeño † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1596 to 1 Dec 1604)
Gaspare Litago †
Ambrogio Machin, O. de M. † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1627 to 23 Oct 1640)
Giovanni Battista Machín Spiga †
Emanuele Marongiu Nurra † (Archbishop: 23 May 1842 to 12 Sep 1866)
Isidoro Masones y Nin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1703 to 15 Dec 1704)
Vittorio Filippo Melano di Portula, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1 Jun 1778 to 24 Jul 1797)
Giuseppe Melas † (Priest: 15 Aug 1926 to 31 Jan 1947)
Giuseppe Miglior †
Giovanni Battista Montixi †
Tomaso Ignazio Maria Natta, O.P. † (Archbishop: 4 Apr 1759 to 27 Jun 1763)
Nicolo Navoni † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1819 to 22 Jul 1836)
Lorenzo Nieto y Corrales Montero Nieto, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 1625 to 1626)
Antonio Nin †
Gaspar Vicente Novella † (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1578 to 24 Aug 1586)
Antonino Orrù † (Priest: 13 Jul 1952 to 9 Apr 1990)
Giovanni Francesco Pala † (Priest: 29 Jul 1951 to 22 Feb 1984)
Giuseppe Stanislao Paradiso †
Antonio Parragues de Castillejo, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1558 to 23 Feb 1573)
Domenico Pastorello, O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop: 13 Nov 1534 to 17 Oct 1547)
Francisco Pérez † (Archbishop: 29 May 1574 to 28 Oct 1577)
Pietro Pilares, O.P. † (Archbishop: 13 Jul 1484 to 9 Jan 1514)
Juan Pilars † (Archbishop: 9 Jan 1514 to 1521)
Tarcisio Pillolla † (Priest: 4 Jul 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 May 1986 to 3 Jul 1999)
Ernesto Maria Piovella, Obl. Rho † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 18 Feb 1949)
Guillaume de Popoleto, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 10 Feb 1341 to 1342)
Diego Serafino Posulo (Pozuli), O.P. †
Lussorio Roger (Rogger) †
Francesco Rossi † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1913 to 15 Dec 1919)
Agostino Saba †
Giovanni Saba †
Antonio Sellent † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Mar 1712 to Jul 1737)
Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 18 Sep 1900)
Gabriele Serra, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1472 to 1484)
Matteo Serra, O.P. †
Francesco di Sobrecasas, O.P. † (Archbishop: 12 Dec 1689 to 4 Jan 1698)
Pietro Spínola, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 8 Oct 1414 to 1422)
Mariano da Sulci † (Archbishop: 27 Mar 1218)
Antonio Raimondo Tore † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1837 to 9 Mar 1840)
Antonio Vacca † (Priest: 28 Jul 1957 to 18 Feb 1993)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1683 to 1 Oct 1685)
Pietro de Vico † (Archbishop: 27 Aug 1657 to 7 Jan 1676)
Vincenzo Giovanni Vico Torrellas †
Jerónimo Vilanova † (Archbishop: 25 Oct 1521 to 1534)
Bernardo † (Archbishop: 8 Feb 1369 to 1398)
Citonato † (Bishop: 680)
Diego † (Archbishop: 1386)
Gallo † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1276)
Gioannello † (Archbishop: 1322 to 1331)
Giovanni † (Archbishop: 1400)
Guglielmo , O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 20 Oct 1344 to 1348)
Ranucio , O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop: 8 Nov 1299 to 1322)
Sebastiano † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1342 to 1344)
Ugone † (Archbishop: 1260 to 1276)

Source(s)

Diocese of Cagliari
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 835, to Page 836
Archdiocese of Cagliari
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 156, and Page 157
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 114
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 146
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 129
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 136
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 139, and Page 140

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