Sassari (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Novello † ( 684 Appointed - 685 Died)
Biagius (Blasius) † ( 1198 Appointed - 1218 Died)
Stefano di Spagna, O.P. † ( 1238 Appointed - 1260 Died)
Pandolfo † (4 Jul 1290 Appointed - 26 Feb 1296 Appointed, Administrator of Ancona)
Giovanni Balastro, O.F.M. † (4 Mar 1296 Appointed - 1298 Died)
Tedisio di Pisa † (3 Oct 1298 Appointed - 1323 Died)
Giacomo † (9 May 1324 Appointed - 1327 Died)
Pietro de Portillo, O.P. † (12 Oct 1327 Appointed - )
Bartolomeo Jalmar † (2 Sep 1349 Appointed - 1353 Died)
Diego de Navasquez, O. Carm. † (12 Feb 1354 Appointed - 1355 Died)
Arnaldo Bordach, O. Cist. † (5 Oct 1355 Appointed - 1360 Died)
Arnaldo Baxuli (Bajuli), O.F.M. † (4 Mar 1360 Appointed - 1367 Died)
Bernardo † (12 Jan 1368 Appointed - 8 Feb 1369 Appointed, Archbishop of Cagliari)
Guglielmo Belvaisii, O.F.M. † (8 Aug 1369 Appointed - 3 Sep 1371 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Coria)
Giacomo Gualterotti di Lanfranchi, O.P. † (3 Sep 1371 Appointed - 1 Oct 1372 Died)
Giacomo Petri, O.P. † (11 Oct 1372 Appointed - Jul 1373 Died)
Giovanni de Fornellis, O.F.M. † (14 Dec 1373 Appointed - )
Giovanni de Passaviis, O.P. † (1 Jul 1391 Appointed - )
Ubaldino Cambi Bonamici † (8 Mar 1393 Appointed - 4 Apr 1397 Appointed, Archbishop of Oristano)
Antonio Cipolloni, O.P. † (4 Apr 1397 Appointed - 1399 Died)
Giovanni de Azaro † (4 May 1412 Appointed - )
Pietro Spano † (1 Apr 1422 Appointed - 1448 Died)
Antonio Cano † (23 Oct 1448 Appointed - 1476 Died)
Giovanni de Sos (Sog) † (19 Jan 1478 Appointed - )
Berenger de Sos (Sog) † (19 Jan 1481 Appointed - 1500 Died)
Francesco Pellicer † ( 1500 Succeeded - 1508 Died)
Angelo Leonini † (3 Aug 1509 Appointed - 1517 Died)
Francesco Minerbetti † ( 1515 Appointed - 1516 Resigned)
Giovanni Sanna † (23 Jan 1516 Appointed - 1523 Died)
Salvador Alepuz † (29 Jan 1524 Appointed - 1568 Died)
Juan Segría (Cengria) † (23 Jul 1568 Appointed - 16 Sep 1569 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Martín Martínez de Villar † (7 Oct 1569 Appointed - 3 Mar 1573 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Barcelona)
Miguel Ibáñez † (10 Oct 1572 Appointed - 1573 Died)
Alfonso de Lorca † (24 Oct 1576 Appointed - 1603 Died)
Andrés Bacallar † (13 Sep 1604 Appointed - Nov 1612 Died)
Gavino Manca de Cedrelles † (29 Jul 1613 Appointed - Jul 1620 Died)
Antonio Canopolo † ( 1621 Appointed - 1622 Died)
Giacomo Passamar † (13 Jun 1622 Appointed - 1644 Died)
Andrea Manca † (13 Jul 1644 Appointed - 1652 Died)
Gaspare Litago † (26 Jun 1656 Confirmed - 1657 Died)
Honuphrius Geronda (Gerona) † (13 Jan 1659 Appointed - 1660 Died)
Íñigo (Ignacio) Royo, O.S.B. † (19 Jul 1660 Appointed - 17 Nov 1670 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Albarracin)
Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. † (16 Nov 1671 Confirmed - Dec 1678 Died)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. † (11 Mar 1680 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1683 Appointed, Archbishop of Cagliari)
Juan Morillo Velarde † (15 Jan 1685 Confirmed - 7 Mar 1699 Died)
Giorgio Sotgia (Soggia) Serra, O.S.M. † ( 1701 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
José Sicardo Martinez, O.S.A. † (21 May 1702 Appointed - 4 Feb 1714 Died)
Gaspar Fuster, C.O. † (1 Oct 1714 Confirmed - 28 Aug 1720 Died)
Costanzo Giordano, O.C.D. † (16 Dec 1726 Appointed - Nov 1729 Died)
Pietro Alessandro Francesco Rovèro di Cortanze, O.F.M. Cap. † (2 Oct 1730 Confirmed - 18 Sep 1741 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara)
Matteo Bertolini † (27 Nov 1741 Confirmed - 9 Nov 1750 Died)
Carlo Francesco Casanova † (17 May 1751 Confirmed - 26 Feb 1763 Died)
Giulio Cesare Viancini † (16 May 1763 Confirmed - 7 Sep 1772 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Biella)
Giuseppe Maria Incisa Beccaria † (7 Sep 1772 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1782 Died)
Angelo Filippo Giacinto Olivieri di Vernier † (20 Sep 1784 Confirmed - 29 Mar 1787 Died)
Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. † (29 Mar 1790 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1797 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acqui)
Giovanni Battista Simon † (28 Sep 1798 Appointed - 12 Feb 1806 Died)
Gavino Murro † (29 Mar 1819 Confirmed - 1820 Died)
Carlo Tommaso Arnosio † (27 Sep 1822 Confirmed - 18 Aug 1828 Died)
Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) † (15 Apr 1833 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1837 Resigned)
Alessandro Domenico Varesini † (13 Sep 1838 Confirmed - 22 Sep 1864 Died)
Diego Marongiu Delrio † (24 Nov 1871 Appointed - 5 Oct 1905 Died)
Emilio Parodi, C.M. † (10 Oct 1905 Succeeded - 20 Dec 1916 Died)
Cleto Cassani † (5 Jan 1917 Appointed - 1 Jul 1929 Resigned)
Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † (2 Oct 1929 Appointed - 11 Dec 1930 Appointed, Archbishop of Torino {Turin})
Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. † (12 Feb 1931 Appointed - 29 Jan 1961 Died)
Agostino Saba † (16 Mar 1961 Appointed - 19 Feb 1962 Died)
Paolo Carta † (22 Mar 1962 Appointed - 18 Mar 1982 Retired)
Salvatore Isgró † (18 Mar 1982 Appointed - 2 May 2004 Died)
Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. (14 Sep 2004 Appointed - 27 Jun 2017 Retired)
Gian Franco Saba (27 Jun 2017 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Torres
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Torres (erected)
Archdiocese of Torres
1073	Elevated	Diocese of Torres	Archdiocese of Torres
Archdiocese of Sassari
1441	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Torres	Archdiocese of Sassari
8 December 1503	Territory Added	Diocese of Sorres (Sorra) (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Sassari
31 July 1533	Territory Added	Diocese of Ploaghe (suppressed) (effective)	Archdiocese of Sassari

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Sassari

1886 90,991 .0% 214 0 32 OTC

1949 139,000 140,000 99.3% 109 53 162 858 56 33 39 ap1951

1970 191,000 194,645 98.1% 124 90 214 892 119 505 53 ap1971

1980 207,591 214,245 96.9% 113 78 191 1,086 1 97 360 56 ap1981

1990 213,167 216,346 98.5% 100 70 170 1,253 1 89 317 61 ap1991

1999 214,500 215,535 99.5% 100 65 165 1,300 1 81 256 61 ap2000

2000 219,730 220,739 99.5% 101 49 150 1,464 2 58 269 61 ap2001

2001 220,000 221,100 99.5% 98 49 147 1,496 2 58 259 61 ap2002

2002 221,000 223,100 99.1% 100 70 170 1,300 2 79 259 61 ap2003

2003 223,100 224,603 99.3% 98 64 162 1,377 3 71 238 61 ap2004

2004 219,356 220,859 99.3% 94 55 149 1,472 3 65 247 61 ap2005

2010 220,000 223,000 98.7% 99 54 153 1,437 4 61 198 60 ap2011

2014 220,000 226,800 97.0% 99 43 142 1,549 4 54 180 60 ap2015

2017 228,353 235,000 97.2% 95 41 136 1,679 5 51 170 61 ap2018

2020 225,000 230,000 97.8% 92 36 128 1,757 4 44 137 60 ap2021

2022 225,000 230,000 97.8% 92 44 136 1,654 3 52 127 60 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Sassari
1886		90,991	.0%			214	0				32	OTC
1949	139,000	140,000	99.3%	109	53	162	858		56	33	39	ap1951
1970	191,000	194,645	98.1%	124	90	214	892		119	505	53	ap1971
1980	207,591	214,245	96.9%	113	78	191	1,086	1	97	360	56	ap1981
1990	213,167	216,346	98.5%	100	70	170	1,253	1	89	317	61	ap1991
1999	214,500	215,535	99.5%	100	65	165	1,300	1	81	256	61	ap2000
2000	219,730	220,739	99.5%	101	49	150	1,464	2	58	269	61	ap2001
2001	220,000	221,100	99.5%	98	49	147	1,496	2	58	259	61	ap2002
2002	221,000	223,100	99.1%	100	70	170	1,300	2	79	259	61	ap2003
2003	223,100	224,603	99.3%	98	64	162	1,377	3	71	238	61	ap2004
2004	219,356	220,859	99.3%	94	55	149	1,472	3	65	247	61	ap2005
2010	220,000	223,000	98.7%	99	54	153	1,437	4	61	198	60	ap2011
2014	220,000	226,800	97.0%	99	43	142	1,549	4	54	180	60	ap2015
2017	228,353	235,000	97.2%	95	41	136	1,679	5	51	170	61	ap2018
2020	225,000	230,000	97.8%	92	36	128	1,757	4	44	137	60	ap2021
2022	225,000	230,000	97.8%	92	44	136	1,654	3	52	127	60	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Salvador Alepuz † (Archbishop: 29 Jan 1524 to 1568)
Antonio Amat †
Giovanni Battista de Aquena †
Carlo Tommaso Arnosio † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1822 to 18 Aug 1828)
Giovanni de Azaro † (Archbishop: 4 May 1412)
Andrés Bacallar † (Archbishop: 13 Sep 1604 to Nov 1612)
Giovanni Balastro, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 4 Mar 1296 to 1298)
Arnaldo Baxuli (Bajuli), O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 4 Mar 1360 to 1367)
Guglielmo Belvaisii, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 8 Aug 1369 to 3 Sep 1371)
Matteo Bertolini † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1741 to 9 Nov 1750)
Pietro Bianco †
Arnaldo Bordach, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1355 to 1360)
Francisco Antonio de Borja-Centelles y Ponce de Léon †
Giovanni Battista Brunengo †
Giuliano Cabras † (Priest: 12 Mar 1864; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1900 to 19 Oct 1905)
Ubaldino Cambi Bonamici † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1393 to 4 Apr 1397)
Antonio Cano † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1448 to 1476)
Antonio Canopolo † (Archbishop: 1621 to 1622)
Paolo Carta † (Archbishop: 22 Mar 1962 to 18 Mar 1982)
Carlo Francesco Casanova † (Archbishop: 17 May 1751 to 26 Feb 1763)
Cleto Cassani † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Feb 1911; Apostolic Administrator: 31 May 1914 to 5 Jan 1917; Archbishop: 5 Jan 1917 to 1 Jul 1929)
Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 16 Nov 1671 to Dec 1678)
Antonio Cipolloni, O.P. † (Archbishop: 4 Apr 1397 to 1399)
Giacinto della Torre, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1790 to 24 Jul 1797)
Giovanni de Fornellis, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1373)
Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1929 to 11 Dec 1930)
Nicolò Frazioli † (Priest: 6 Jun 1903 to 30 Sep 1931)
Gaspar Fuster, C.O. † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1714 to 28 Aug 1720)
Honuphrius Geronda (Gerona) † (Archbishop: 13 Jan 1659 to 1660)
Giovanni Antonio Gianotti (Giannotti) † (Archbishop: 15 Apr 1833 to 1 Apr 1837)
Costanzo Giordano, O.C.D. † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1726 to Nov 1729)
Eliseo Giordano, O. Carm. †
Giacomo Gualterotti di Lanfranchi, O.P. † (Archbishop: 3 Sep 1371 to 1 Oct 1372)
Miguel Ibáñez † (Archbishop: 10 Oct 1572 to 1573)
Giuseppe Maria Incisa Beccaria † (Archbishop: 7 Sep 1772 to 12 Oct 1782)
Salvatore Isgró † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1982 to 2 May 2004)
Bartolomeo Jalmar † (Archbishop: 2 Sep 1349 to 1353)
Angelo Leonini † (Archbishop: 3 Aug 1509 to 1517)
Gaspare Litago † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1656 to 1657)
Alfonso de Lorca † (Archbishop: 24 Oct 1576 to 1603)
Gavino Magliano †
Pietro Maleddu, O.F.M. Conv. †
Andrea Manca † (Archbishop: 13 Jul 1644 to 1652)
Gavino Manca de Cedrelles † (Archbishop: 29 Jul 1613 to Jul 1620)
Gavino Manca Figo †
Antonio Manunta †
Diego Marongiu Delrio † (Archbishop: 24 Nov 1871 to 5 Oct 1905)
Emanuele Marongiu Nurra † (Priest: 18 Dec 1819 to 23 May 1842)
Martín Martínez de Villar † (Archbishop: 7 Oct 1569 to 3 Mar 1573)
Salvatore Angelo de Martis, O. Carm. †
Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1931 to 29 Jan 1961)
Francisco Mejía de Molina, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Sep 1533 to 1534)
Francesco Minerbetti † (Archbishop: 1515 to 1516)
Juan Morillo Velarde † (Archbishop: 15 Jan 1685 to 7 Mar 1699)
Stanislao Mossa †
Gavino Murro † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1819 to 1820)
Diego de Navasquez, O. Carm. † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1354 to 1355)
Antonio Nusco (Nuseo) †
Angelo Filippo Giacinto Olivieri di Vernier † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1784 to 29 Mar 1787)
Giovanni Maria Olmo †
Angelo Palmas †
Emilio Parodi, C.M. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Mar 1905; Archbishop: 10 Oct 1905 to 20 Dec 1916)
Giacomo Passamar † (Archbishop: 13 Jun 1622 to 1644)
Giovanni de Passaviis, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1391)
Francesco Pellicer † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Nov 1499; Archbishop: 1500 to 1508)
Giacomo Petri, O.P. † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1372 to Jul 1373)
Giuseppe Maria Pilo, O. Carm. †
Tedisio di Pisa † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1298 to 1323)
Bernardo Pizzorno † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1909 to 14 Jan 1911)
Pietro de Portillo, O.P. † (Archbishop: 12 Oct 1327)
Giovanni Battista Quasina †
Raimondo Quesada †
Pietro Alessandro Francesco Rovèro di Cortanze, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1730 to 18 Sep 1741)
Íñigo (Ignacio) Royo, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 19 Jul 1660 to 17 Nov 1670)
Agostino Saba † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1961 to 19 Feb 1962)
Francesco Sampero †
Lorenzo Sampero †
Giovanni Sanna † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1516 to 1523)
Giovanni Battista Sanna †
Juan Segría (Cengria) † (Archbishop: 23 Jul 1568 to 16 Sep 1569)
Enea Selis †
José Sicardo Martinez, O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 21 May 1702 to 4 Feb 1714)
Giovanni Battista Simon † (Archbishop: 28 Sep 1798 to 12 Feb 1806)
Berenger de Sos (Sog) † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1481 to 1500)
Giovanni de Sos (Sog) † (Archbishop: 19 Jan 1478)
Giorgio Sotgia (Soggia) Serra, O.S.M. † (Archbishop: 1701 - Did Not Take Effect)
Stefano di Spagna, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1238 to 1260)
Francesco Spanedda † (Priest: 15 Aug 1934 to 23 Dec 1956)
Pietro Spano † (Archbishop: 1 Apr 1422 to 1448)
Antonio Tedde † (Priest: 8 Sep 1929 to 5 Feb 1948)
Salvatore Tolu † (Priest: 30 May 1874 to 19 Jun 1899)
Antonio Vacca † (Apostolic Administrator: 31 May 2004 to 14 Sep 2004)
Alessandro Domenico Varesini † (Archbishop: 13 Sep 1838 to 22 Sep 1864)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. † (Archbishop: 11 Mar 1680 to 15 Nov 1683)
Giulio Cesare Viancini † (Archbishop: 16 May 1763 to 7 Sep 1772)
Pietro de Vico †
Michele Villa †
Bernardo † (Archbishop: 12 Jan 1368 to 8 Feb 1369)
Biagius (Blasius) † (Archbishop: 1198 to 1218)
Giacomo † (Archbishop: 9 May 1324 to 1327)
Novello † (Bishop: 684 to 685)
Pandolfo † (Administrator: 4 Jul 1290 to 26 Feb 1296)

Source(s)

Diocese of Torres
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 839, to Page 840
Archdiocese of Torres
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 503, and Page 504
Archdiocese of Sassari
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 259
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 322
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 350
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 395, and Page 396
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 422, and Page 423

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