Diocese of Lanusei


The Diocese of Lanusei is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia; before 1986 it was the diocese of Ogliastra. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari.
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History

Ogliastra was formerly under the Archbishop of Cagliari. At the petition of King Charles Felix of Sardinia, by the bull "Apostolatus officium" of 11 November 1824, Pope Leo XII erected Ogliastra into a diocese, and assigned it as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. The Capuchin Serafino Carchero was its first bishop.
Tortoli, the episcopal seat, was in the district of Lanusei. Other bishops were:

Ordinaries

Bishop Mura was appointed apostolic administrator after his appointment to Nuoro, Pope Francis appointed him to the see of Lanusei again, in addition to his current role as Bishop of Nuoro.