Archdiocese of Udine
Utinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Udine, Italy, Italy
The Archdiocese of Udine is a metropolitan Latin Church see in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, formed in 1752 from the division of the Patriarchate of Aquileia and restored to archdiocese rank in 1846. Its current archbishop is Riccardo Lamba, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1752
- Latin
- Utinen(sis)
- Patron
- santos Hermágoras y Fortunato
- Annuario code
- 001000035
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 470,600
- Population
- 485,800
- Catholic share
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 219
- Catholics per priest
- 2,149
- Extent
- 4,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 105
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
- Riccardo Lamba
- Born
- 1 September 1948
- Birthplace
- San Trovaso di Preganziol
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 Metropolitana di Santa Maria Annunziata stands in Udine, 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 Udine
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In 1752, when the Patriarchal see of Aquileia was divided, the see of Udine came into being. Today the Archdiocese of Udine (Latin: Archidioecesis Utinensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Italy. Between 1818 and 1846 it stood as a suffragan diocese of the Patriarch of Venice.
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].