Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gorizia, Italy 🇮🇹

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Gorizia / Gorica (slovenščina) / Goritien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Trieste

Neighbouring Dioceses: Udine (↖), Koper (→), Trieste (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Ss. Ermacora e Fortunato

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

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

Metropolitan Archbishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2026.01.22 – ...):

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli (69)

Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gorizia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.01.22 – ...)

Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli (69)
(2012.06.28 – 2026.01.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia (Italy)
Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy
Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gorizia (Italy)

Ostendam sponsam agni

Born:	1956.06.23 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1980.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.05

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1980.06.14 – 2004.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Lambæsis (2004.04.08 – 2012.06.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (2004.04.08 – 2012.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy) (2012.06.28 – 2026.01.22)

Apostolic Visitor of Acqui (Italy) (2016.01.25 – 2018.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Acqui (Italy) (2018.01.19 – 2018.03.11)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2019.07.29 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia (Italy) (2026.01.22 – ...)

Secretary of Dicastery for the Clergy (2026.01.22 – ...)

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

Born:	1923.09.21 (Cres, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.01.06
Died:	2004.07.16 (Valdobbiadene, Italy † 80)

Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) (1972 – 1984)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1982.11.11 – 1986.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1999.06.02)

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 (Saciletto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.03
Died:	1982.01.11 (Gorizia, Italy † 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

Born:	1909.09.01 (Budapest, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1932.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.10.04
Died:	2005.06.02 (Santa Marinella, Italy † 95)

Coadjutor Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1953.08.26 – 1955)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Thessalia (1953.08.26 – 1959.02.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Verona (Italy) (1954 – 1955)

Coadjutor Bishop of Livorno (Italy) (1955 – 1959.02.10)

Bishop of Livorno (Italy) (1959.02.10 – 1962.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1962.04.04 – 1967.02.02)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1966.08.08 – 1972)

Archbishop-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) (1967.02.02 – 1984.12.07)

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

Born:	1887.01.29 (Trieste, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1909.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.02.02
Died:	1965.09.26 (Thiene, Italy † 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 (Alfonsine, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.03.25
Died:	1951.07.31 (Gorizia, Italy † 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 (Cerkno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1877.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.03.25
Died:	1931.11.29 (Gorizia, Italy † 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 (Gorizia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1868.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.07.20
Died:	1905.10.04 (Gorizia, Italy † 59)

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

Cardinal Jakob Missia
(1898.03.24 – 1902.03.23)

Born:	1838.06.30 (Mota, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1863.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.12.07
Created Cardinal:	1899.06.19
Died:	1902.03.23 (Mota, Slovenia † 63)

Bishop of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1884.11.10 – 1898.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1898.03.24 – 1902.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1899.12.14 – 1902.03.23)

Archbishop Alois Zorn
(1883.08.09 – 1897.07.08)

Born:	1834.01.13 (Prvačina, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1856.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.01.14
Died:	1897.07.08 (Wien, Austria † 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 (Radovljica, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1821.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.06.03
Died:	1883.03.17 (Gorizia, Italy † 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 (Teinach, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1804.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1824.10.03
Died:	1854.05.02 (Gorizia, Italy † 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)

Born:	1763.01.28? (Nova Vas pri Lescah, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:	1789.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.11.22
Died:	1834.05.11 (Gorizia, Italy † 71)

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 (Graz, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1754.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.07.02
Died:	1816.12.03 (Gorizia, Italy † 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 (Gorizia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1746.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1770.02.04
Died:	1803.12.08 (Lodi, Italy † 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 (Gorizia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1737.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1750.08.24
Died:	1774.02.18 (Gorizia, Italy † 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)

Udine (↖), Koper (→), Trieste (↘)

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