Diocese of Nuoro
diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy
The Diocese of Nuoro (Latin: Dioecesis Nuorensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church on the east-central coast Sardinia, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. Historically it was the diocese of Galtellì until 1779, and then the diocese of Galtellì-Nuoro until 1928. In 1928, it became the diocese of Nuoro.
History
A bishop of Gallura, Villanus, is attested as late as 1114. Subsequently his diocese was divided in two: Civitas and Galtelli. Both were immediately subject to the Papacy until the papacy of Innocent II (1130–1143).
Galtellì was already an episcopal see in 1138, when Pope Innocent II made it a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa; but, by the mid 13th century, it was directly subject to the Holy See.
The cathedral of Galtelli was dedicated to Saint Peter. It was administered and served by a corporation called a Chapter, headed by one dignity, the Archpriest, and eight canons.
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