Roman Catholic Diocese of Iglesias
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The Italian Catholic diocese of Iglesias is in Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...

. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Cagliari.

History

In 1323 Iglesias
Iglesias
Iglesias is a comune of Carbonia-Iglesias province in Sardinia, Italy.-Overview:Situated at 190 m in the hills in the southwest of Sardinia, it was a centre of a mining district, with lead, zinc, and silver being extracted, as well as for the distillation of sulfuric acid.Iglesias'...

 was taken after a long resistance by James II of Aragon
James II of Aragon
James II , called the Just was the King of Sicily from 1285 to 1296 and King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. In 1297 he was granted the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica...

, who thus began the conquest of all Sardinia. Sulci
Sulci
This article refers to Sulci the city. For the anatomical feature, see Sulcus .Sulci |Paus.]]), was one of the most considerable cities of ancient Sardinia, situated in the southwest corner of the island, on a small island, now called Isola di Sant'Antioco, which is, however, joined to the mainland...

 was an episcopal see as early as the seventh century. After its decline the bishop of Sulci took up his residence at the village of Tratalias
Tratalias
Tratalias is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Island of Sardinia, located about 50 km southwest of Cagliari and about 8 km southeast of Carbonia....

; in 1503 the see was reunited with that of Cagliari.

In 1763 the see was re-established, and Giovanni Ignazio Gautier appointed bishop. The cathedral was erected by the Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

ns in 1285, but has been restored in later times.
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