Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia

Archdiocese of Gorizia
Archidioecesis Goritiensis

Gorizia Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Gorizia
Statistics
Area 1,030 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
182,200
179,500 (98.5%)
Parishes 90
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 6 July 1751 (265 years ago)
Cathedral Cattedrale di Ss. Ilario e Taziano
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli
Emeritus Bishops Dino De Antoni
Map
Website
www.gorizia.chiesacattolica.it

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia (Latin: Archidioecesis Goritiensis) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Italy. The archiepiscopal see of Gorizia (Friulian: Gurizza/Gurizze; German: Görz; Slovene: Gorica) was founded in 1751 when the Patriarchate of Aquileia was divided. It was suppressed in 1788 and re-established in 1797 as the Diocese of Görz-Gradisca. It was raised again to an archdiocese in 1830. The diocese of Ljubljana (Laibach), Trieste-Koper (Capo d'Istria), Poreč-Pula (Parenzo-Pola), and Krk-Rab (Veglia-Arbe) were formerly under the metropolitan jurisdiction of this archdiocese; however, now the Diocese of Trieste is its only suffragan diocese.

The territory of the Archdiocese was identical with the Austro-Hungarian County of Gorizia and Gradisca until 1918 when it was transferred to Italy at the conclusion of the First World War. Also from 1766 the archbishop was Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ordinaries

Prince-Archbishops of Gorizia

vacant. Abolished in 1788 and restored as a diocese in 1797.

Bishops of Görz-Gradisca

unknown

Archbishops of Gorizia

vacant

See also

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