Diocese of Nuoro

Diocese of Nuoro

Dioecesis Nuorensis
Nuoro Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
MetropolitanCagliari
Statistics
Area2,806 km2 (1,083 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 116,360
  • 115,606  (99.4%)
Parishes46
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established12th Century
CathedralNuoro Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Neve)
Secular priests65 (diocesan)
4 (Religious Orders)
8 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopAntonio Mura
Metropolitan ArchbishopGiuseppe Baturi
Bishops emeritusPietro Meloni, Mosè Marcia
Map
Website
www.diocesidinuoro.it

The Diocese of Nuoro (Latin: Dioecesis Nuorensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church on the east-central coast Sardinia, facing the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari. Historically it was the diocese of Galtellì until 1779, and then the diocese of Galtellì-Nuoro until 1928. In 1928, it became the diocese of Nuoro.