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===Two dioceses become one===

===Two dioceses become one===

In 1986, following the norms established by the [[Second Vatican Council]] (1962–1965), [[Pope John Paul II]], in the audience of 27 September 1986, approved a reorganization of the dioceses of Ampurias and Tempio. The Congregation of Bishops issued the decree “Instantibus Votis” on 30 September 1986. The practice of maintaining two separate dioceses governed by one and the same bishop was discontinued. There was to be one diocese, one bishop, and one cathedral. The new bishop was to be Pietro Meloni. The cathedral and the seat of the bishop was to be in Tempio Pausanìa,<ref>Tempio Pausania was the original seat of the bishops of Cività: Kehr, p. 422.</ref> and the cathedral at Castelsardo was to become a “co-cathedral.” The diocese was to be named “Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis.”<ref>”Acta Apostolicae Sedis” Vol. 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 636-639.</ref>

In 1986, following the norms established by the [[Second Vatican Council]] (1962–1965), [[Pope John Paul II]], in the audience of 27 September 1986, approved a reorganization of the dioceses of Ampurias and Tempio. The Congregation of Bishops issued the decree “Instantibus Votis” on 30 September 1986. The practice of maintaining two separate dioceses governed by one and the same bishop was discontinued. There was to be one diocese, one bishop, and one cathedral. The new bishop was to be Pietro Meloni. The cathedral and the seat of the bishop was to be in Tempio Pausanìa,<ref>Tempio Pausania was the original seat of the bishops of Cività: Kehr, p. 422.</ref> and the cathedral at Castelsardo was to become a “co-cathedral.” The diocese was to be named “Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis.”<ref>”Acta Apostolicae Sedis” Vol. 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 636-639.</ref>

On 29 July 1993, [[Pope John Paul II]], on the petition of Bishop Atzei, granted the parish church of Saint Simplicius in Olbia (diocese of Tempio-Ampurias) the title and privileges of a “[[Basilicas_in_the_Catholic_Church#Minor_basilicas|minor basilica]]”.<ref>”Acta Apostolicae Sedis” vol. 86 (Città del Vaticano 1994), p. 34.</ref>

==Bishops of Ampurias==

==Bishops of Ampurias==

Latin Catholic diocese in Italy

Co-cathedral in Ampurias

The Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias (Latin: Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It had borne the name of diocese of Ampurias until 1506, when it was combined with the diocese of Tempio. A single bishop was bishop of the two separate dioceses at the same time.[1] Until 1986 it was known as Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio, when the two dioceses were united into one, and the name was changed to diocese of Tempio-Ampurias. The seat of the bishop is in Tempio. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sassari

The diocese of Ampurias was probably erected by the end of the 11th century,[2] and made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Torres (Sassari).[3] Bishop Cometa of Ampurias attended the Second Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179.[4]

The diocese of Cività, now Tempio, was allegedly founded in 304 by St. Simplicius.[5] It was actually founded in the 12th century, and was a suffragan of the archbishop of Pisa.[6] By the middle of the 13th century, however, it was directly dependent upon the Papacy.[7]

Pope Boniface VIII invested the kings of Aragon with the title of “Rex Sardiniae et Corsicae” in 1297, though they did not establish their power until 1323. King Peter IV of Aragon finally drove the Genoese out of the island in 1354.[8]

The seat of the diocese of Ampurias was transferred to the parish church at Castel-Genoves (Castelgenovese, later called Castellaragonese) by Pope Alexander VI. The church of San Antonio Abbate in Castelgenoese became the cathedral. It was served by a cathedral Chapter, consisting of one dignity (the Archpriest) and eight, later ten, canons.[9]

Administrative unification

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The diocese of Cività, some fifty miles distant, was united to its neighbor the diocese of Ampurias aeque personaliter, by Pope Julius II on 5 June 1506, in the bull “Romanus Pontifex.” One and the same bishop presided over each of the two dioceses. The cathedrals of both dioceses were in a dilapidated condition, and lacking in ecclesiastical ornaments necessary for divine worship.[10]

Later the see was transferred to the church of Saint Simplicius in Terranuova. Pope Gregory XVI suppressed the cathedral of Cività ed Ampurias in Terranova by the Bull “Quamvis aqua,” signed on 26 August 1839, and raised the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, in Tempio, to cathedral status. Tempio and Ampurias were united, so that one bishop should govern both, aeque personaliter. The official title became “the bishop of Ampurias and of Tempio.”[11]

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See.[12]

Bishop Nicolaus de Campo (1458–1479) participated in a provincial synod presided over by Archbishop Antonius of Torres (Sassari) on 26 October 1463.[13]

Bishop Guilletus Esus (1448–1455?) held a diocesan synod.[14]

On 8 May 1694, the Sacred Congregation of the Council in the Roman Curia issued a directive, instructing the bishop of Ampurias e Civita to hold his diocesan synods alternatively in the two dioceses, but not to require the clergy of Cività to attend synods of Ampurias.[15] Bishop Michele Villa (1688–1700) held a synod of the diocese of Ampurias in the cathedral of San Antonio in Castelaragonese on 17–18 April 1695.[16] On 21 November 1695, the Sacred Congregation of the Council in the Roman Curia issued a directive, ordering that the decrees of the synod of Ampurias of 1695 be published and that they be applicable to the diocese of Cività as well.[17]

A diocesan synod was held in Castelsardo in the church of Saint Anthony in May 1777 by Francesco Ignazio Guiso (1772–1778), Bishop of Ampurias e Cività; the statutes were published.[18]

The see was vacant from 1854 to 1871.

Two dioceses become one

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In 1986, following the norms established by the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), Pope John Paul II, in the audience of 27 September 1986, approved a reorganization of the dioceses of Ampurias and Tempio. The Congregation of Bishops issued the decree “Instantibus Votis” on 30 September 1986. The practice of maintaining two separate dioceses governed by one and the same bishop was discontinued. There was to be one diocese, one bishop, and one cathedral. The new bishop was to be Pietro Meloni. The cathedral and the seat of the bishop was to be in Tempio Pausanìa,[19] and the cathedral at Castelsardo was to become a “co-cathedral.” The diocese was to be named “Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis.”[20]

On 29 July 1993, Pope John Paul II, on the petition of Bishop Atzei, granted the parish church of Saint Simplicius in Olbia (diocese of Tempio-Ampurias) the title and privileges of a “minor basilica“.[21]

Bishops of Ampurias

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  • Bonus (c. 1100)[22]
  • Nicolaus (c. 1112–1120)[23]
  • Gilitus (c. 1154)[24]
  • Comita de Martis (c. 1170–1179)[25]
  • Petrus de Martis (c. 1205)[26]
…
  • G[…] (1231)[27]
  • [ Ignotus ] (1252)[28]
  • Guglielmus (1255)[29]
  • Gunarius (c. 1283–1300)[30]
  • Bartholomaeus de Malague (1301–1332)[31]
  • Jacobus, O.P. (1332– )[32]
  • Audoinus (c. 1337)[33]
  • Bertrandus, O.P. (1355–1365)[34]
  • Petrus de S. Martino, O.Min. (1365– ? )[35]
  • Marcus (1386) Roman Obedience
  • Nicolaus (1386–1395?) Roman Obedience
  • Aegidius de Murello, O.Min. (1393– ? ) Avignon Obedience[36]
  • Petrus Corsus (1395–1401) Roman Obedience[37]
  • Petrus Benedictus Ioannis (1401–1413)[38]
  • Tommaso di Bobbio (1413–1428)[39]
  • Gavinus (1428–1443)[40]
  • Sisinius (1443–1448)[41]
  • Gonnarius Gadulese (1448–1449)[42]
  • Guilletus Esus (1448–1455?)[43]
  • Antonio de Alcala (1457)[44]
  • Nicolaus de Campo (1458–1479)[45]
  • Ludovico di Giovanni, O.F.M.Conv. (1480–1486)[46]
  • Didacus de Nava (1486–1493)
Bishops of Ampurias e Cività
  • Giuseppe Stanislao Paradiso (1807–1819 Confirmed, Bishop of Ales e Terralba)
  • Stanislao Mossa (1823–1825 Died)
  • Diego Capece (1833–1855 Died)
Sede vacante (1854–1871)
  1. ^ “Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias” Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 14, 2017
  2. ^ Cf. Mattei, p. 180, col. 2
  3. ^ Kehr, p. 436.
  4. ^ J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima (in Latin), Vol. 22 (Venice: A. Zatta 1778), p. 215. Cappelletti, p. 158.
  5. ^ Lanzoni, pp. 678-679. Simplicius is referred to as a priest in the sources, however, not a bishop, and is not associated with Ampurias.
  6. ^ Cappelletti, p. 163.
  7. ^ Kehr, p. 422: “Quamvis subsequentes pontifices usque at Honorium III illi [Pisae] concessioni semper annuebant, tamen Civitatensis episcopatus una cum Galtellinensi non solum in elenchis sedium ad Romanam ecclesiae nullo medio pertinentium inde a saec. XII cr. med. legitur.”
  8. ^ Fara, p. 65.
  9. ^ Mattei, p. 180, col. 2. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 82, note 1.
  10. ^ Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae (in Latin), Vol. 2 [Historiae Patriae Monumenta, Tomus XII] (Turin: e Regio Typographeo 1868), pp. 170-171: “in aedificiis deformatae, et ornamentis ecclesiasticis ad divinum cultum necessariis sunt destitutae, ut non Cathedrales sed simplices Ecclesiae potius judicatae sint.”
  11. ^ Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica (in Italian), Vol. 2 (Venezia: Emiliana 1840), p. 24, col. 2.
  12. ^ Benedictus XIV (1842). “Lib. I. caput secundum. De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate”. Benedicti XIV … De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Mechlin: Hanicq. pp. 42–49. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2019. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis (19 March 1997): Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 Archived 15 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine (1997), pp. 706-727.
  13. ^ Fara, p. 362-363.
  14. ^ Fara, p. 359.
  15. ^ Decree of 1694: Pintus, p. 112.
  16. ^ J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima (in Latin), Vol 36ter (Venice: A. Zatta; reprint: Arnhem-Leipzig: H. Welter 1924), p. 661. Constituciones synodales del Obispado de Ampurias y Civita ordenadas por … Don Miguel Villa Obispo de Ampurias y Civita… (Roma: Komarek 1698).
  17. ^ Decree of 1695: Pintus, p. 112.
  18. ^ Prima synodus dioecesana a Francisco Ignatio Guiso ep. Ampurien. et Civitaten. in ecclesia cathedr. Castri-Sardi sub invocatione s. Antonii abb. celebrata a.1777 (in Latin) (Carali: Typ. regia 1778).
  19. ^ Tempio Pausania was the original seat of the bishops of Cività: Kehr, p. 422.
  20. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 636-639.
  21. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 86 (Città del Vaticano 1994), p. 34.
  22. ^ Bonus: Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae, (in Latin), Volume 1 (Torino: e Regio Typographeo, 1861), p. 185, col. 2. Gams, p. 832. Pintus, p. 104. Massimiliano Vidili, “La cronotassi documentata degli arcivescovi di Torres dal 1065 al 1298,” (in Italian). In: Bollettino di Studi Sardi, Vol. 1, 2008, p. 85, note 15.
  23. ^ Maffei, p. 182. Cappelletti, p. 157. Pintus, p. 104. Vidili, p. 85.
  24. ^ Gilitus: Giovanni Lame, Notizie letterarie per l’anno MDCCLXXII, (in Italian), Vol. 3 (Firenze: Albizziani 1772), pp. 647-648, at Castelnuovo (diocese of Ampurias): “Die tertio in Pentecosten intitulata vigesima Madii anno 1154 fuit consecratum hoc altare per Reverendum in Christo patrem & Dominum, Dominum Gilitum Episcopum Ampuriensem in honorem Beati Apostoli Thomae.”
  25. ^ Comita was present at the Second Lateran Council in March 1179. Maffei, p. 183. Cappelletti, p. 158. Pintus, p. 104.
  26. ^ Petrus: Maffei, p. 183. Cappelletti, p. 158. Pintus, pp. 104-105.
  27. ^ Perhaps Gennadius? Pintus, p. 105.
  28. ^ On 5 September 1252, Pope Innocent IV ordered this unnamed bishop either to resign or to accept a coadjutor. Eubel I, p. 86, note 1.
  29. ^ Guillelmus had been elected, but his metropolitan, the archbishop of Sassari (Turritensis) was unable to consecrate him since he was doing business in remote places, and the situation had continued long enough that Guillelmus had written to the pope. Pope Alexander IV replied on 11 July 1255, ordering the bishop of Ploaghe to consecrate him. C. Bourel de la Roncière, Les registres d’Alexandre IV (in Latin), Vol. 1 (Paris: Fontemoing 1902), p. 183, no. 594. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 86.
  30. ^ Gunarius (Gonario): Bishop Gunarius died in Rome, and on 12 June 1300, Pope Boniface VIII reserved the right to appoint his successor. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII (in Latin) Fasc. 8 (Paris: Fontemoing 1904), p. 867, no. 3801. Eubel I, p. 86.
  31. ^ When Bishop Guarinus died, Pope Boniface VIII asserted a previous reservation of the right to appoint a bishop, and assigned the task of finding a new bishop to the archbishop of Torres (Sassari). The archbishop chose Fra Bartholomaeus de Pisis, O.Min., who was unable to accept since he had vowed as a Franciscan not to accept any appointment without the consent of his superiors. On 9 May 1301, Pope Boniface granted him an exemption. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII (in Latin) Vol. 3 (Paris: Fontemoing 1907), p. 104, no. 4100. Maffei, p. 184-185. Cappelletti, pp. 156-161. Eubel I, p. 86.
  32. ^ On the death of Bishop Bartholomaeus, the right of appointment of a successor was again reserved to the pope, who appointed the Dominican Jacobus on 21 September 1332. G. Mollat, Jean XXII: Lettres communes (in Latin) Vol. XII (Paris: De Boccard 1932), p. 13, no. 58421. Eubel I, p. 86.
  33. ^ Audoin: Maffei, p. 185, col. 2. Eubel I, p. 86.
  34. ^ Bertrandus Colleti had been Bishop of Tiflis (Georgia) from 1349 to 1355. He was appointed bishop of Ampurias on 8 June 1355 by Pope Innocent VI. He was transferred to the diocese of Larino on 5 September 1365, by Pope Urban V. Maffei, p. 185, col. 2. Eubel I, pp. 86, 294, 476.
  35. ^ Pietro de S. Martino had been bishop of the otherwise unknown “Castimoniensis” from 1360 to 1365. Cappelletti, p. 162. Eubel I, pp. 86, 172, note 1.
  36. ^ Aegidius was appointed by Pope Clement VII on 28 February 1393. Eubel I, p. 86.
  37. ^ Petrus Corsus was transferred to the diocese of Ajaccio on 11 February 1401, by Pope Boniface IX. He died in 1411. Eubel I, pp. 71, 86.
  38. ^ Petrus was a canon of the collegiate church of S. Maria de Bonifacio (Genoa). He was appointed bishop of Ampurias by Pope Boniface IX on 26 March 1401. He died in 1413. Eubel I, p. 86.
  39. ^ Tommaso was appointed by Pope John XXIII on 21 November 1413. He died in 1428. Eubel I, p. 86.
  40. ^ Gavinus, a canon of the cathedral Chapter of Ampurias, was elected by the Chapter and appointed by Pope Martin V on 12 April 1428. Eubel I, p. 86.
  41. ^ Sisinius was appointed by Pope Eugenius IV on 5 July 1443. He was transferred to the diocese of Bisarchio (Sardinia) on 23 October 1448. Eubel II, pp. 86, 159.
  42. ^ Gonario, a canon of Ampurias, was appointed on 23 September 1448 by Pope Nicholas V. He died in 1449. Eubel II, p. 86.
  43. ^ Gileto was appointed on 1 October 1449. He died on 20 May 1455. Gams, p. 833. Eubel II, p. 87.
  44. ^ Antonio was appointed on 16 May 1457. Gams, p. 833. Eubel II, pp. 87.
  45. ^ Nicolaus, a canon of the cathedral of Ampurias, was appointed on 27 October 1458, by Pope Pius II. He is said to have governed for 21 years. Gams, p. 833 Eubel II, p. 87.
  46. ^ Ludovico was appointed by Pope Innocent VIII on 20 August 1480. Eubel II, p. 87
  47. ^ Franciscus Magni was appointed on 27 November 1493, by Pope Alexander VI. In 1510, he was also appointed bishop of Cività. Eubel II, p. 87.
  48. ^ Philippus de Marimon was born in the province of Valencia, and held the degree of doctor of theology (Valencia). In 1603, he was named an honorary chaplain of King Philip III. He was appointed bishop of Ampurias on 2 June 1606. He died in 1613. Juan A. Balbas, Castellonenses ilustres: apuntes biograficos, (in Spanish) (Castellon: Establ. tip. de J. Armengot, 1883, pp. 251-252. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 81 with note 2.
  49. ^ A native of Sassari, Passamar(e) was appointed bishop of Ampurias on the nomination of King Philip III by Pope Paul V on 12 August 1613. He was transferred to the Archdiocese of Sassari on 13 June 1622. Pintus, p. 110. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 81 with note 3.; 350 with note 4.
  50. ^ La Bronda was a native of Sassari, and had been a canon of the cathedral Chapter of Cagliari. He was appointed bishop of Ampurias by Pope Gregory XV on 19 September 1622. He died in the first quarter of 1633. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 81 with note 4.
  51. ^ Manca had been a court chaplain of King Philip IV of Spain from 1635. He was appointed bishop of Ampurias in the papal consistory of 9 May 1633, by Pope Urban VIII. On 13 Jul 1644, he was appointed Archbishop of Sassari. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 81 with note 5.
  52. ^ A native of Sassari, Gavino Manca Figo had been a canon and Vicar-general of Sassari. He was appointed bishop of Ampurias in the consistory of 17 October 1644, by Pope Innocent X. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 81 with note 6.
  53. ^ Sanna was born at Culler (diocese of Bosa), and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Cagliari 1704). From 1713 to 1719, he was Rector of the University, and Vicar-general of Cagliari. On the nomination of Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy, he was appointed bishop by Pope Clement XII on 26 September 1736. On 30 September 1737, Bishop Sanna was transferred to the Diocese of Bosa by Pope Benedict XIII]]. Mattei, p. 191. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 80 with note 2.
  54. ^ Vico was appointed bishop in the consistory of 30 September 1737, by Pope Clement XII. He was transferred to the archdiocese of Oristano (Arborensis) on 3 July 1741. He died in August 1744. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 80 with note 3; 95 with note 2.
  55. ^ Cadello: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 80 with note 4.
  56. ^ Carta: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 80 with note 5.
  57. ^ Antonio Maria Contini, a native of Scano-Montiferro (Diocese of Bosa), was appointed bishop of Ogliastra, 26 September 1882, and transferred to diocese of Ampurias on 16 January 1893, by Pope Leo XIII. He died on 23 August 1914. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, pp. 97, 423.
  58. ^ Atzei had been Provincial of the Sardinian Province of his Order. He was appointed bishop of Tempio-Ampurias on 8 February 1993, by Pope John Paul II. He was appointed, Archbishop of Sassari in 2004. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 85 (Città del Vaticano 1993), p. 305.
  59. ^ Diocesi di Tempio – Ampurias, “Vescovo. Dati biografici: Mons. Roberto Fornaciari;” retrieved 20 November 2025.
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