Diocese of Trieste

Historical Details

• Diocese of Trieste
  • Latin Name: Tergestina
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gorizia (Görz)
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper)
  • Latin Name: Tergestina et Iustinopolitana
  • United: 30 June 1828
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gorizia
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Guareno di Cocania † (12 Mar 1255 Appointed - )
• Arlongo di Viscogni † ( 1261 Appointed - 1281 Died)
• Alvino de Portis † ( 1282 Appointed - 1286 Died)
• Brissa de Toppo † (19 Apr 1287 Appointed - 1299 Died)
• Giovanni della Torre † ( 1299 Appointed - 1300 Died)
• Rodolfo Pedrazzani † ( 1302 Appointed - 7 Mar 1320 Died)
• Gregorio Tanzi, O.P. † (5 Jul 1324 Appointed - 1326 Died)
• Guillaume de Villeneuve (Franchi), O.F.M. † (25 Sep 1327 Appointed - 1330 Died)
• Pax de Vedano, O.P. † (18 May 1330 Appointed - 12 Aug 1341 Died)
• Francesco d’Amelia † (19 Jul 1342 Appointed - 7 Apr 1346 Appointed, Bishop of Gubbio)
• Ludovico della Torre † (26 Jun 1346 Appointed - 30 Mar 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Olena)
• Antonio Negri † (30 Mar 1349 Appointed - 15 Jan 1369 Appointed, Archbishop of Candia {Crete})
• Angelo Canopei † (15 Jan 1369 Appointed - 1382 Died)
• Enrico de Wildenstein, O.F.M. † ( 1383 Appointed - 23 Dec 1396 Appointed, Bishop of Pedena)
• Simone Saltarelli, O.P. † (12 Apr 1396 Appointed - 1408 Died)
• Giovanni Ubaldini, O.S.B. † ( 1408 Appointed - 9 Aug 1409 Appointed, Bishop of Tripolis)
• Nicolò de Carturis, O.F.M. † (9 Aug 1409 Appointed - 13 Jan 1416 Died)
• Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni, O.P. † (10 Jan 1418 Appointed - 11 Dec 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Urbino)
• Marino Carnota † (11 Dec 1424 Appointed - 1441 Died)
• Niccolò Aldegardi † (29 Nov 1441 Appointed - 4 Apr 1447 Died)
• Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (17 Apr 1447 Appointed - 23 Sep 1450 Confirmed, Bishop of Siena)
• Antonio de Goppo † (3 Mar 1451 Appointed - 1486 Died)
• Acacio de Sobriach † (9 Jun 1486 Appointed - 1500 Died)
• Pietro Bonomo † (5 Apr 1502 Appointed - 4 Jul 1546 Died)
• Antonio Parragues de Castillejo, O.S.B. † (21 Aug 1549 Appointed - 4 Nov 1558 Appointed, Archbishop of Cagliari)
• Giovanni Betta, O.S.B. † (3 Apr 1560 Appointed - 15 Apr 1565 Died)
• Andrea Rapicio † (22 Aug 1567 Appointed - 31 Dec 1573 Died)
• Giacinto Frangipane † (1 Mar 1574 Appointed - 8 Nov 1574 Died)
• Nicolò Coret † (28 Feb 1575 Appointed - 10 Jul 1590 Died)
• Giovanni Wagenring (Bogarino) † (22 May 1592 Appointed - 1597 Died)
• Ursino de Bertiis † (7 Aug 1598 Appointed - 1 Sep 1620 Died)
• Rinaldo Scarlicchio † (5 Jul 1621 Appointed - 13 Nov 1630 Appointed, Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach))
• Pompeo Coronini † (27 Jan 1631 Appointed - 14 Mar 1646 Died)
• Antonio Marenzi † (10 Sep 1646 Confirmed - 22 Oct 1662 Died)
• Franz Maximilian Vaccano † (12 Mar 1663 Confirmed - 15 Aug 1672 Died)
• Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti † (30 Jan 1673 Confirmed - 20 Sep 1691 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Miller † (6 Oct 1692 Confirmed - 23 Apr 1720 Died)
• Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg † (23 Apr 1720 Succeeded - 19 Feb 1721 Died)
• Lucas Sartorius Delmestri von Schönberg † (26 Jun 1724 Confirmed - 6 Nov 1739 Died)
• Leopold Josef Hannibal Petazzi de Castel Nuovo † (30 Sep 1740 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1760 Confirmed, Bishop of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach))
• Antonius von Herberstein, C.R. † (6 Apr 1761 Confirmed - 2 Dec 1774 Died)
• Franz Philipp von Inzaghi † (24 Apr 1775 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1788 Confirmed, Bishop of Gradisca (d’Isonzo))
• Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. † (26 Sep 1791 Confirmed - 12 Sep 1794 Confirmed, Bishop of Sankt Pölten)
• Ignatius Cajetanus von Buset zu Faistenberg † (27 Jun 1796 Confirmed - 19 Sep 1803 Died)
• Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico † (13 Aug 1821 Confirmed - 14 Jan 1830 Died)
• Matevž (Matteo) Ravnikar (Raunicher) † (30 Sep 1831 Confirmed - 20 Nov 1845 Died)
• Bartolomeo Legat † (21 Dec 1846 Confirmed - 12 Feb 1875 Died)
• Juraj (Giorgio) Dobrila † (5 Jul 1875 Confirmed - 13 Jan 1882 Died)
• Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina † (3 Jul 1882 Confirmed - 1895 Resigned)
• Andrija Marija Sterk † (25 Jun 1896 Appointed - 17 Sep 1901 Died)
• Franz Xaver Nagl † (9 Jun 1902 Confirmed - 19 Jan 1910 Confirmed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna})
• Andrea Karlin † (6 Feb 1911 Appointed - 15 Dec 1919 Resigned)
• Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † (15 Dec 1919 Appointed - 11 Dec 1922 Appointed, Bishop of Pinerolo)
• Luigi Fogar † (9 Jul 1923 Appointed - 30 Oct 1936 Resigned)
• Antonio Santin † (16 May 1938 Appointed - 28 Jun 1975 Retired)
• Lorenzo Bellomi † (17 Oct 1977 Appointed - 23 Aug 1996 Died)
• Eugenio Ravignani † (4 Jan 1997 Appointed - 4 Jul 2009 Retired)
• Giampaolo Crepaldi (4 Jul 2009 Appointed - 2 Feb 2023 Retired)
• Enrico Trevisi (2 Feb 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper)
1950	370,000	380,000	97.4%	165	65	230	1,608		90	510	59	ap1951
1970	300,000	310,000	96.8%	187	75	262	1,145		98	571	53	ap1971
Diocese of Trieste
1980	273,500	284,700	96.1%	150	83	233	1,173		102	565	56	ap1981
1990	247,500	253,346	97.7%	137	76	213	1,161	4	90	331	60	ap1991
1999	219,715	237,289	92.6%	112	62	174	1,262	6	71	245	60	ap2000
2000	242,000	251,500	96.2%	119	65	184	1,315	7	76	245	60	ap2001
2001	217,818	236,253	92.2%	120	60	180	1,210	8	75	263	61	ap2002
2002	217,818	236,253	92.2%	110	49	159	1,369	10	63	186	61	ap2003
2003	217,818	236,253	92.2%	115	65	180	1,210	9	76	166	61	ap2004
2004	219,000	243,903	89.8%	106	60	166	1,319	10	66	182	60	ap2005
2010	221,700	241,800	91.7%	83	49	132	1,679	15	58	174	60	ap2011
2014	223,300	243,400	91.7%	94	57	151	1,478	17	63	139	59	ap2015
2017	230,000	241,800	95.1%	114	61	175	1,314	15	69	126	60	ap2018
2020	217,585	241,900	89.9%	126	49	175	1,243	15	55	110	60	ap2021
2022	213,250	237,000	90.0%	102	41	143	1,491	16	46	87	60	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Jurij Bizjak (Priest: 29 Jun 1971 to 17 Oct 1977)
• Giampaolo Crepaldi (Archbishop (Personal Title): 4 Jul 2009 to 2 Feb 2023)
• Guido Pozzo (Priest: 24 Sep 1977 to 3 Nov 2012)
• Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I.
• Enrico Trevisi (Bishop: 2 Feb 2023 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Niccolò Aldegardi † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1441 to 4 Apr 1447)
• Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Francesco d’Amelia † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1342 to 7 Apr 1346)
• Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni, O.P. † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1418 to 11 Dec 1424)
• Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1919 to 11 Dec 1922)
• Lorenzo Bellomi † (Bishop: 17 Oct 1977 to 23 Aug 1996)
• Ursino de Bertiis † (Bishop: 7 Aug 1598 to 1 Sep 1620)
• Giovanni Betta, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1560 to 15 Apr 1565)
• Pietro Bonomo † (Bishop: 5 Apr 1502 to 4 Jul 1546)
• Michael Léopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz †
• Ignatius Cajetanus von Buset zu Faistenberg † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1796 to 19 Sep 1803)
• Angelo Canopei † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1369 to 1382)
• Marino Carnota † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1424 to 1441)
• Nicolò de Carturis, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1409 to 13 Jan 1416)
• Guareno di Cocania † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1255)
• Pietro Cocolin † (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Jun 1975 to 17 Oct 1977)
• Nicolò Coret † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1575 to 10 Jul 1590)
• Pompeo Coronini † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1631 to 14 Mar 1646)
• Giovanni della Torre † (Bishop: 1299 to 1300)
• Ludovico della Torre † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1346 to 30 Mar 1349)
• Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg † (Deacon: 26 Jan 1698; Priest: 9 Feb 1698; Coadjutor Bishop: 11 May 1718; Bishop: 23 Apr 1720 to 19 Feb 1721)
• Lucas Sartorius Delmestri von Schönberg † (Priest: 18 Oct 1711; Bishop: 26 Jun 1724 to 6 Nov 1739)
• Juraj (Giorgio) Dobrila † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1875 to 13 Jan 1882)
• Luigi Fogar † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1923 to 30 Oct 1936)
• Giacinto Frangipane † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1574 to 8 Nov 1574)
• Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1882 to 1895)
• Antonio de Goppo † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1451 to 1486)
• Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1673 to 20 Sep 1691)
• Antonius von Herberstein, C.R. † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1761 to 2 Dec 1774)
• Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1791 to 12 Sep 1794)
• Franz Philipp von Inzaghi † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1775 to 15 Dec 1788)
• Karlo Jamnik † (Priest: 1916 to 3 Aug 1947)
• Janez Jenko † (Apostolic Administrator: 17 Jul 1964 to 17 Oct 1977)
• Andrea Karlin † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1911 to 15 Dec 1919)
• Bartolomeo Legat † (Bishop: 21 Dec 1846 to 12 Feb 1875)
• Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico † (Bishop: 13 Aug 1821 to 14 Jan 1830)
• Wilhelm von Leslie † (Coadjutor Bishop: 18 Dec 1711 to 5 Oct 1716)
• Antonio Marenzi † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1646 to 22 Oct 1662)
• Giovanni Francesco Miller † (Priest: 1669; Bishop: 6 Oct 1692 to 23 Apr 1720)
• Franz Xaver Nagl † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 19 Jan 1910)
• Antonio Negri † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1349 to 15 Jan 1369)
• Dragutin Nežić † (Apostolic Administrator: 21 May 1950 to 17 Oct 1977)
• Antonio Parragues de Castillejo, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1549 to 4 Nov 1558)
• Josip Pavlišić † (Priest: 2 Apr 1938 to 13 Dec 1951)
• Rodolfo Pedrazzani † (Bishop: 1302 to 7 Mar 1320)
• Leopold Josef Hannibal Petazzi de Castel Nuovo † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1740 to 15 Dec 1760)
• Aldrago Antonio de Piccardi † (Deacon: 19 Mar 1731; Priest: 12 Apr 1731 to 1 Dec 1766)
• Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1447 to 23 Sep 1450)
• Metod Pirih † (Priest: 29 Jun 1963 to 17 Oct 1977)
• Alvino de Portis † (Bishop: 1282 to 1286)
• Franz von Raigesfeld, S.J. † (Priest: 1777 to 1 Jun 1795)
• Andrea Rapicio † (Bishop: 22 Aug 1567 to 31 Dec 1573)
• Christophorus von Raubar (Rauber) †
• Eugenio Ravignani † (Priest: 3 Jul 1955 to 7 Mar 1983; Bishop: 4 Jan 1997 to 4 Jul 2009)
• Matevž (Matteo) Ravnikar (Raunicher) † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1831 to 20 Nov 1845)
• Simone Saltarelli, O.P. † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1396 to 1408)
• Antonio Santin † (Bishop: 16 May 1938; Archbishop (Personal Title): 13 Jul 1963 to 28 Jun 1975)
• Rinaldo Scarlicchio † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1621 to 13 Nov 1630)
• Acacio de Sobriach † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1486 to 1500)
• Andrija Marija Sterk † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1896 to 17 Sep 1901)
• Gregorio Tanzi, O.P. † (Administrator: 5 Jul 1324 to 1326)
• Brissa de Toppo † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1287 to 1299)
• Mihael Toros † (Apostolic Administrator: 1955 to 1961)
• Giovanni Ubaldini, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 1408 to 9 Aug 1409)
• Josip Antun Ujčić † (Priest: 27 Jul 1902 to 28 Nov 1936)
• Franz Maximilian Vaccano † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1663 to 15 Aug 1672)
• Pax de Vedano, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 May 1330 to 12 Aug 1341)
• Guillaume de Villeneuve (Franchi), O.F.M. † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1327 to 1330)
• Arlongo di Viscogni † (Bishop: 1261 to 1281)
• Giovanni Wagenring (Bogarino) † (Bishop: 22 May 1592 to 1597)
• Enrico de Wildenstein, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1383 to 23 Dec 1396)

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