Diocese of Trieste
Tergestin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Trieste, Italy
The Diocese of Trieste is a Latin Church diocese in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Gorizia. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Justus Martyr.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6th century
- Latin
- Tergestin(us)
- Patron
- Saint Justus Martyr
- Annuario code
- 001003276
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 213,250
- Population
- 237,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 2,091
- Extent
- 134 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,591
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
- Bishop
- Enrico Trevisi
- Born
- 5 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Asola
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
Basilica Cattedrale di San Giusto Martire stands in Trieste, 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 Gorizia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gorizia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GoriziaGorizia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Attested since no later than 524, and shaped into its present form in 1977, the Diocese of Trieste (Latin: Dioecesis Tergestina) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Triveneto. The bishop's seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Justus Martyr, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gorizia.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.