Ozieri ( Sardinian : Otieri ) is a comune (municipality) of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari , in the Italian region of Sardinia , in the Logudoro historical region.
3-640: Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri . Ozieri is the centre of the earliest known archaeological culture on Sardinia (known as Ozieri culture ). Ozieri can be reached from Sassari through the SS.597 National Road and by Olbia (SS.199). The city has a railway station located in the frazione of Chilivani (lines to Olbia , Porto Torres and Cagliari ). This Sardinia location article
6-665: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri The Diocese of Ozieri ( Latin : Dioecesis Octeriensis o Othierensis ) s a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia , Italy . It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari . The historical Diocese of Bisarchio was in the province of Sassari , district of Nuoro , with
9-572: The episcopal residence at Ozieri . The first bishop mentioned is Costantino Madrone (c. 1102), who was succeeded in 1116 by Bishop Pietro. The cathedral was built in 1153. The bishop's residence changed several times, to Giracle , and again to Ardera . In 1503, at the death of Fra Calcerando, bishop of this see, Bisarchio was incorporated into the diocese of Alghero . The diocese was reestablished by Pope Pius VII in his Bull of 9 March 1803, and given to Giannantioco Azzei , in 1819 archbishop of Oristano , his native place. The episcopal residence
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