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Archdiocese of Gorizia, Italy 🇮🇹

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History

1751.07.06: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia / Gorica (slovenščina) / Goritien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Patriarchal See of Aquileia and with suffragan sees Koper, Ljubljana and Trieste)
1784: Lost territory to Diocese of Trieste
1787: Lost territory to Diocese of Gurk
1788.03.08: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana and to establish Diocese of Gradisca)
1791.09.12: Restored as Diocese of Gorizia e Gradisca / Goritien(sis) et Gradiscan(us) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Gradisca and became suffragan of Ljubljana)
1807.08.19: Without ecclesiastical province
1818.05.01: Gained territory from Patriarchal See of Venezia
1830.07.27: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia e Gradisca / Goritien(sis) et Gradiscan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Koper, Krk, Ljubljana, Poreč i Pula and Trieste)
1932.02.20: Gained territory from Diocese of Ljubljana
1968.11.22: Lost suffragan see Ljubljana
1969.07.27: Lost suffragan sees Krk and Poreč i Pula
1977.10.17: Lost territory to Diocese of Koper and lost suffragan see Koper
1986.09.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia / Gorica (slovenščina) / Goritien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Titular Archiepiscopal See of Gradisca)

Contact Info

Address: Via Arcivescovado 2, 34170 Gorizia, Italy

Phone: 0481.59.76.02

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gorizia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli (68)
(2012.06.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy)
Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

Ostendam sponsam agni

Archbishop Dino De Antoni
(1999.06.02 – 2012.06.28)

Domino servientes

Born:	1936.07.12 (Chioggia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1960.10.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.15
Died:	2019.03.22 (Gorizia, Italy † 82)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy) (1999.06.02 – 2012.06.28)

Archbishop Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv.
(1986.09.30 – 1999.06.02)

Da te ipsum aliis amor

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gorizia e Gradisca (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Antonio Vitale Bommarco, O.F.M. Conv.
(1982.11.11 – 1986.09.30)

(see above)

Archbishop Pietro Cocolin
(1967.06.26 – 1982.01.11)

In nome di Cristo

Born:	1920.08.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.03
Died:	1982.01.11 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1967.06.26 – 1982.01.11)

Archbishop Andrea Pangrazio
(1962.04.04 – 1967.02.02)

Fortes in fide

Archbishop Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1951.11.28 – 1962.03.19)

Born:	1887.01.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1909.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.02.02
Died:	1965.09.26 († 78)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1937.12.13 – 1951.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1951.11.28 – 1962.03.19)

Titular Archbishop of Anchialus (1962.03.19 – 1965.09.26)

Archbishop Carlo Margotti
(1934.07.25 – 1951.07.31)

Born:	1891.04.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.03.25
Died:	1951.07.31 († 60)

Titular Archbishop of Mesembria (1930.03.08 – 1934.07.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Constantinopole (Turkiye) (1930.03.08 – 1934.07.25)

Apostolic Delegate to Turkiye (1930.03.08 – 1934.07.25)

Apostolic Delegate to Greece (1931.02.12 – 1934.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1934.07.25 – 1951.07.31)

Archbishop Franz Borgia Sedej
(1906.02.21 – 1931.10.25)

Born:	1854.10.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1877.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.03.25
Died:	1931.11.29 († 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) ([1906.01.20] 1906.02.21 – 1931.10.25)

Titular Archbishop of Ægina (1931.10.25 – 1931.11.29)

Archbishop Andreas Jordán
(1902.06.09 – 1905.10.04)

Born:	1845.11.29
Ordained Priest:	1868.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.07.20
Died:	1905.10.04 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1902.06.09 – 1905.10.04)

Cardinal Jakob Missia
(1898.03.24 – 1902.03.23)

Archbishop Alois Zorn
(1883.08.09 – 1897.07.08)

Born:	1834.01.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1856.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.01.14
Died:	1897.07.08 († 63)

Bishop of Poreč i Pula (Croatia) (1882.09.25 – 1883.08.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1883.08.09 – 1897.07.08)

Archbishop Andreas Gollmayr
(1855.03.23 – 1883.03.17)

Born:	1797.11.28
Ordained Priest:	1821.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.06.03
Died:	1883.03.17 († 85)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1855.03.23 – 1883.03.17)

Archbishop Franz Xavier Luschin
(1835.04.09 – 1854.05.02)

Born:	1781.12.03
Ordained Priest:	1804.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.10.03
Died:	1854.05.02 († 72)

Bishop of Trento (Italy) ([1823.11.12] 1824.05.24 – 1834.06.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) ([1834.03.18] 1834.06.23 – 1835.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) ([1835.01.09] 1835.04.09 – 1854.05.02)

Archbishop Joseph Walland
(1819 – 1834.05.11)

Ordained Priest:	1789.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.01.10
Died:	1834.05.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1819 – 1834.05.11)

Bishops of Gorizia e Gradisca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franz Philipp Graf von Inzaghi
(1791.09.12 – 1816.12.03)

Born:	1731.05.25
Ordained Priest:	1754.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.07.02
Died:	1816.12.03 († 85)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) ([1775.02.27] 1775.04.24 – 1788.12.15)

Bishop of Gradisca (Italy) (1788.12.15 – 1791.09.12)

Bishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1791.09.12 – 1816.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gorizia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Rudolf Joseph von Edling
(1774.02.18 – 1784.08.13)

Born:	1723.08.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1746.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1770.02.04
Died:	1804.04.23 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Capharnaum (1769.11.20 – 1774.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gorizia (Italy) (1769.11.20 – 1774.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy) (1774.02.18 – 1784.08.13)

Archbishop Karl Michael von Attems
(1752.04.18 – 1774.02.18)

Born:	1711.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1737.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1750.08.24
Died:	1774.02.18 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Pergamus (1750.07.20 – 1752.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy) (1752.04.18 – 1774.02.18)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rudolf Joseph von Edling (later Archbishop) (1769.11.20 – 1774.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale di Santi Ilario e Taziano, Gorizia, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site: Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo e Santi Ermagora e Fortunato, Aquileia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Eufemia, Grado, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Former Cathedral: Duomo Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, Gradisca d’Isonzo, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, Monfalcone, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (96)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,030 km²

Population: 167,725 Catholics (92.1% of 182,029 total)

Pastoral Centres: 90 parishes

Personnel: 87 priests (69 diocesan, 18 religious), 11 deacons, 121 religious (28 brothers, 93 sisters), 5 seminarians