Archdiocese of Gorizia
Goritien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Gorizia, Italy, Italy
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia is a Latin Church see in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, founded in 1751 after the suppression of the Patriarchate of Aquileia and made metropolitan in 1830. Archbishop Giampaolo Dianin was appointed on 14 May 2026, and the Diocese of Trieste is its sole suffragan.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 April 1752
- Latin
- Goritien(sis)
- Patron
- santos Hermágoras y Fortunato
- Annuario code
- 001001505
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 167,725
- Population
- 182,029
- Catholic share
- 92.1%
- Priests
- 69
- Catholics per priest
- 2,431
- Extent
- 1,030 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 163
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Giampaolo Dianin
- Born
- 29 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Teolo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cattedrale dei Santi Ilario e Taziano stands in Gorizia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Gorizia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of TriesteTrieste
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, the Archdiocese of Gorizia (Latin: Archidioecesis Goritiensis) traces its founding to 1751, when the Patriarchate of Aquileia was abolished and its territory divided between two new dioceses, Udine and Gorizia. The archiepiscopal see carries several names in the region's languages: Friulian Gurizza/Gurizze, German Görz, and Slovene Gorica.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].