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 (266 years ago)
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Ss. Ilario e Taziano
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli
Emeritus Bishops	Dino De Antoni
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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.