Diocese of Lanusei, Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lanusei / Oleastren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cagliari

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nostra Signora del Rosario

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1824.11.08: Established as Diocese of Ogliastra / Oleastren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cagliari and became suffragan of Cagliari)
1986.09.30: Renamed as Diocese of Lanusei / Oleastren(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Via Roma 102, 08045 Lanusei, Italy

Phone: 0782 42634

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.04.09 – ...):

Bishop Antonio Mura (71)

Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lanusei (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Mura (71)
(2020.04.09 – ...)

Bishop of Lanusei (Italy)
Bishop of Nuoro (Italy)

La gloria di Dio è l’uomo vivente

Born:	1952.12.28 (Bortigali, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1979.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.25

Priest of Alghero–Bosa (Italy) (1979.08.01 – 2014.01.31)

Bishop of Lanusei (Italy) (2014.01.31 – 2019.07.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Lanusei (Italy) (2019.07.02 – 2020.04.09)

Bishop of Nuoro (Italy) (2019.07.02 – ...)

Bishop of Lanusei (Italy) (2020.04.09 – ...)

Bishop Antonio Mura (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.07.02 – 2020.04.09)

Bishop Antonio Mura (71)
(2014.01.31 – 2019.07.02)

(see above)

Bishop Antioco Piseddu (87)
(1986.09.30 – 2014.01.31)

Bishop emeritus of Lanusei (Italy)

In simplicitate cordis

Born:	1936.09.17 (Senorbi, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.11.08

Priest of Cagliari (Italy) (1960.06.29 – 1981.09.29)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1981.09.29 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Lanusei (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 2014.01.31)

Bishops of Ogliastra (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antioco Piseddu (87)
(1981.09.29 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Bishop Salvatore Delogu
(1974.02.02 – 1981.01.08)

In caritate Christi

Born:	1915.01.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1940.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.06.11
Died:	2001.06.13 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Canne (1972.04.15 – 1974.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1972.04.15 – 1974.02.02)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1974.02.02 – 1981.01.08)

Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) (1981.01.08 – 1985.05.25)

Bishop of Valva (Italy) (1981.01.08 – 1985.05.25)

Bishop Lorenzo Basoli
(1936.10.28 – 1970.07.04)

Born:	1895.12.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1918.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.12.27
Died:	1970.07.04 († 74)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1936.10.28 – 1970.07.04)

Bishop Giuseppe Miglior
(1927.07.15 – 1936.05.06)

Born:	1875.08.24 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.09.18
Died:	1936.05.06 († 60)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1927.07.15 – 1936.05.06)

Bishop Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1925 – 1927)

Bishop Antonio Tommaso Videmari
(1923.03.02 – 1925.02.13)

Born:	1861.10.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1884.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.04.23
Died:	1951.03.14 († 89)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1923.03.02 – 1925.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Neocæsarea in Syria (1925.02.13 – 1951.03.14)

Bishop Emanuele Virgilio
(1910.05.02 – 1923.01.27)

Born:	1868.08.03 (Italy)
Died:	1923.01.27 († 54)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1910.05.02 – 1923.01.27)

Fr. Agostino Laera (later Bishop)
(1910.01.08 – 1910.03 not possessed)

Born:	1871.05.24 (Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1894.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.07.24
Died:	1942.01.17 († 70)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1910.01.08 – 1910.03 not possessed)

Bishop of Castellaneta (Italy) (1910.06.23 – 1931.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia (1931.07.24 – 1942.01.17)

Bishop Giuseppe Paderi
(1900.04.19 – 1906.10.30)

Born:	1826.12.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1851.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.07.29
Died:	1906.10.30 († 79)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1900.04.19 – 1906.10.30)

Bishop Salvatore Depau-Puddu
(1893 – 1899.12.12)

Died:

1899.12.12

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1893 – 1899.12.12)

Bishop Antonio Maria Contini
(1882.09.26 – 1893.01.16)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1882.09.26 – 1893.01.16)

Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1914)

Bishop of Civita–Tempio (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1914)

Bishop Paolo Giuseppe Maria Serci Serra (later Archbishop)
(1871.11.24 – 1882.09.25)

Born:	1827
Died:	1900.09.18 († 72)

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1871.11.24 – 1882.09.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1882.09.25 – 1893.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1900.09.18)

Bishop Michele Todde, Sch. P.
(1848.04.14 – 1851.12.22)

Died:

1851.12.22

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1848.04.14 – 1851.12.22)

Bishop Giorgio Manurrita
(1838.09.13 – 1844.12.04)

Died:

1844.12.04

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1838.09.13 – 1844.12.04)

Bishop Serafino Carchero, O.F.M. Cap.
(1824.11.11 – 1834.01.20)

Died:

1847.03.31

Bishop of Ogliastra (Italy) (1824.11.11 – 1834.01.20)

Bishop of Bisarcio (1834.01.20 – 1847.03.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Maddalena, Lanusei, Nuoro, Sardegna
Former Cathedral: Chiesa Sant’Andrea Apostoli, Tortolì, Nuoro, Sardegna
Shrine: Santuario della Madonna del Rosario d’Ogliastra, Lanusei, Nuoro, Sardegna

Churches by City (38)

Cagliari (↙), Oristano (←), Nuoro (↑)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 2,549 km²

Population: 66,247 Catholics (97.7% of 67,779 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (43 diocesan, 2 religious), 8 deacons, 20 religious (2 brothers, 18 sisters), 3 seminarians