The Italian Catholic diocese of Nuoro is in Sardinia. Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily) It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop. Historically it was the diocese of Galtelli until 1779, and then the diocese of Galtelli-Nuoro until 1928. [1]
History
Galtelli was an episcopal see in 1138, when Pope Innocent II made it a suffragan of the archdiocese of Pisa; later, it was directly subject to the Holy See. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic In 1495, it was suppressed by Alexander VI, and its territory united to the diocese of Cagliari. In 1787, at the request of King Victor Emmanuel III, it was re-established, but the bishop continued to live at Nuoro. Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele III 11 November, 1869 – 28 December, 1947) was a member of the House of Savoy and Nuoro ( Nùgoro, which literally means " Home " in the ancient Nuoro dialect is a town and province in central Sardinia, Italy Among its bishops was Fra Arnolfo de Bissalis (1366).
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