It has an area of 1,600 sq km with a population of 122,000 inhabitants, of whom 121,950 are Catholics. It has 30 parishes with 53 diocesan priests and 7 regular priests, 1 seminary; 2 male religious communities and 20 female ones (1949).
The ancient seat of the diocese was in Sulcis, today S. Antioco; it then passed to Tratalias, where outside the Cathedral an inscription commemorates the two bishops Alberto and Aimone (12th century). Pope Julius II transferred the diocese to I. on 8 Dec. 1503, appointing Msgr. G. Pilares as bishop; but in 1513 I. was united with Cagliari. Pope Clement XIII, by a bull of 18 March 1763, again separated I. from Cagliari, giving it Msgr. L. Satta as bishop. The Cathedral, dedicated to St. Clare of Assisi and begun toward the end of the 13th century, was transformed in its interior with cross vaults during the Aragonese domination; other notable churches are the Gothic one of S. Francesco and the other of the Maddalena di Valverde, called that of the Capuchins.
Bibliography6 worksCappelletti, XIII, pp. 83, 91; M. Pinna, L'Archivio comunale di I., Cagliari 1898; F. Sanfilippo, La cattedrale di I., in Arte e storia, 21
BIBL.: Cappelletti, XIII, pp. 83, 91; M. Pinna, L'Archivio comunale di I., Cagliari 1898; F. Sanfilippo, La cattedrale di I., in Arte e storia, 21 (1902), pp. 122-23; S. Pintus, Sardinia sacra, I, Iglesias 1904, pp. 53-79; A. Manno, Bibliografia storica degli Stati della monarchia di Savoia, VIII, Torino 1907, pp. 245-51; P. Sella, Rationes decimarum Italiae nei secc. XIII e XIV, Sardinia (Studi e Testi, 113), Città del Vaticano 1945.
Josi, Enrico. “Iglesias, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1597. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/iglesias-diocesi-di.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “Iglesias, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1597. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/iglesias-diocesi-di.
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author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {Iglesias, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1597},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/iglesias-diocesi-di}
}
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