Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales-Terralba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ales-Terralba () is located in Sardinia, Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Oristano. History. Gregory the Great alludes to the episcopal see of Ales (anciently Uselli), in his letter to Januarius of Cagliari in 591. After this nothing is to be found about it until 1147, when the name of Bishop Rello appears in a diploma. The local traditions of Terralba have preserved the memory of a Bishop Mariano, who erected the cathedral about 1144. The diocese of Ales and the diocese of Terralba were united  by Pope Julius II, in 1503. It would appear that a process has begun to permanently unite the diocese of Ales-Terralba and the archdiocese of Oristano. The Bishop of Ales-Terralba, Roberto Carboni, O.F.M. Conv., was promoted on 4 May 2019 to be Archbishop of Oristano and on the same date was appointed Apostolic Administrator of his former diocese of Ales-Terralba. However, on 3 July 2021, without losing his position as Archbishop of Oristano, he was reappointed Bishop of Ales-Terralba. The announcement specifies that this act unifies the two dioceses "in persona Episcopi" ('in the person of  the Bishop'). Ordinaries. Diocese of Ales. "Erected: 7th Century" Diocese of Ales e Terralba. "Diocese of Ales united with Diocese of Terralba: 8 December 1503" "Latin Name: Uxellensis et Terralbensis" "Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Oristano"