Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa


The Diocese of Alghero-Bosa is a Latin Catholic bishopric, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, on Sardinia, insular Italy.
The Diocese has an area of 2,012; a total population of 106,300; a Catholic population of 105,650; 87 priests, 7 permanent deacons and 176 religious.
The bishops' seat is Alghero Cathedral. Bosa Cathedral is a co-cathedral of the diocese.

History

was built by the Doria of Genoa in 1102. In 1106 John, Bishop of Alghero, assisted at the consecration of the Church of the Trinity in Saccargia.
After a long period, the see was renewed and confirmed by Pope Julius II in his Papal Bull of 8 December 1503, splitting its territory off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, from the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Bisarcio, Diocese of Castro and Diocese of Ottana. Pietro Parens, a Genoese, became bishop; he was present at the Fifth Lateran Council in 1512.
On 21 July 1779 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro. In 1798 it gained territory from the Archdiocese of Sassari. On 9 March 1803 it gained territory from the Diocese of Bosa, and lost territory to establish the Diocese of Bisarcio. On 31 December 1938 it lost territory to the Diocese of Nuoro.
In 1986 the historic Diocese of Alghero was renamed as the Diocese of Alghero–Bosa preserving the title of the diocese of Bosa while absorbing its territory. Alghero Cathedral remains the seat of the diocese, while Bosa Cathedral is now a co-cathedral.
Other major churches in the diocese are the Basilica of Our Lady of the Snows at Cuglieri, and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Valverde near Alghero.
On Monday, 31 January 2011, the Vatican Information Service announced that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed the Reverend Father, S.D.B., Professor of Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, as Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Alghero-Bosa, Italy. He was born in Arborea in 1958, and was ordained a priest in 1986.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Alghero
;Suffragan Bishops of Alghero-Bosa