Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste
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Diocese of Trieste Dioecesis Tergestina |
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Trieste Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Gorizia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 134 km2 (52 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 241,800 221,700 (91.7%) |
| Parishes | 60 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th Century |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giusto Martire |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Giampaolo Crepaldi |
| Emeritus Bishops | Eugenio Ravignani |
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| Diocesi di Trieste | |
The Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste (Latin: Dioecesis Tergestina) in the Triveneto, has existed since no later than 524, and in its current form since 1977. The bishop's seat is in Trieste Cathedral. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gorizia.
Frugifer, consecrated in 524, was the first bishop of Trieste; the diocese was then a suffragan of the archdiocese of Aquileia.
Among the bishops were:
From 1787 a series of administrative changes took place, beginning with the suppression of the diocese of Pedena, which was added to that of Trieste. Emperor Joseph II then abolished the diocese of Trieste in 1788, merging it into the archdiocese of Gradisca. In 1791 Joseph's brother, Emperor Leopold II, divided the archdiocese of Gradisca into the newly created diocese of Gorizia-Gradisca, or Görz-Gradisca, and a re-created diocese of Trieste, appointing as its bishop the tutor of his children Sigismund Anton, Count of Hohenwart. Later attempts were made to suppress the see again, but the emperor decreed its preservation, appointing Ignatius Cajetanus von Buset zu Faistenberg bishop. After his death in 1803 the see remained vacant for eighteen years, because of the disorders caused by Napoleon.
Emperor Franz II finally appointed Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico as the new bishop of Trieste in 1821. In 1828 the Slovenian diocese of Koper, or Capodistria-Koper, was united with Trieste, after which it was known as the Diocese of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), or Triest-Capo d'Istria (in the German spelling).
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