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Diocese of Trieste ( la, Dioecesis Tergestina) in the

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, 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

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History

Frugifer, consecrated in 524, was the first bishop of

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; the diocese was then a suffragan of the

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. Among the bishops were: *Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini, later

Pope Pius II Pope Pius II ( la, Pius PP. II, it, Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ( la, Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus, links=no; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August ...

; *

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, a secretary of Emperor Frederick III and

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, bishop in 1502, and known as ''pater concilii'' in the

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(1512); * Giovanni Bogarino, teacher of Archduke Charles of Styria, bishop from 1591. 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.

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then abolished the diocese of Trieste in 1788, merging it into the

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. In 1791 Joseph's brother,

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, divided the archdiocese of Gradisca into the newly created

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, or Görz-Gradisca, and a re-created diocese of Trieste, appointing as its bishop the tutor of his children

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. Later attempts were made to suppress the see again, but the emperor decreed its preservation, appointing

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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

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, 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). Bishop Bartholomew Legat was present at the Synod of Vienna in 1849, where he defended the views of the minority in the First Vatican Council. In 1909 Bishop Franz Xaver Nagl was appointed coadjutor ''cum jure successionis'' to the ninety-year-old Cardinal Prince-Archbishop Anton Gruscha of Vienna. In 1977 Koper / Capodistria became an independent diocese once more, leaving the diocese of Trieste in its present state.''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article
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Bishops

Ordinaries

Diocese of Trieste

''Erected: 6th Century''
''Latin Name: Tergestinus''
''Metropolitan:

'' * Guillaume de Villeneuve (Franchi), O.F.M. (1327–1330 Died) *

Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni (died 12 September 1435) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Urbino (1424–1435), ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Bishop of Trieste (1418–1424), ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Lodi (1407–1418). ''(in ...

, O.P. (10 Jan 1418 – 11 Dec 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Urbino)"Bishop Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni, O.P."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 :... *

Enea Silvio Piccolomini Pope Pius II ( la, Pius PP. II, it, Pio II), born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini ( la, Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus, links=no; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August ...

(17 Apr 1447 – 23 Sep 1450 Confirmed,

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) :... *

(5 Apr 1502 – 4 Jul 1546 Died) * Antonio Paragües Castillejo,

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(21 Aug 1549 – 4 Nov 1558 Appointed,

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(3 Apr 1560 – 15 Apr 1565 Died) * Andrea Rapicio (22 Aug 1567 – 31 Dec 1573 Died) * Giacinto Frangipane (1 Mar 1574 – 8 Nov 1574 Died) * Nicolò Coret (28 Feb 1575 – 10 Jul 1590 Died) * Giovanni Wagenring (Bogarino) (22 May 1592 – 1597 Died) * Ursino de Bertiis (7 Aug 1598 – 1 Sep 1620 Died) * Rinaldo Scarlicchio (5 Jul 1621 – 13 Nov 1630 Appointed, Bishop of Ljubljana) * Pompeo Coronini (27 Jan 1631 – 14 Mar 1646 Died)"Bishop Pompeo Coronini"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016 * Antonio Marenzi (10 Sep 1646 – 22 Oct 1662 Died)"Bishop Antonio Marenzi"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016 * Franz Maximilian Vaccano (12 Mar 1663 – 15 Aug 1672 Died) * Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti (30 Jan 1673 – 20 Sep 1691 Died) * Giovanni Francesco Miller (6 Oct 1692 – 23 Apr 1720 Died) * Joseph Anton von Delmestri von Schönberg (23 Apr 1720 – 19 Feb 1721 Died) * Lucas Sartorius Delmestri von Schönberg (26 Jun 1724 – 6 Nov 1739 Died) * Leopold Josef Hannibal Petazzi de Castel Nuovo (30 Sep 1740 – 15 Dec 1760 Confirmed, Bishop of Ljubljana) * Antonius von Herberstein, C.R. (6 Apr 1761 – 2 Dec 1774 Died) *

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(24 Apr 1775 – 15 Dec 1788 Confirmed, Bishop of Gradisca) * Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. (26 Sep 1791 – 12 Sep 1794 Confirmed,

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) *

(27 Jun 1796 – 19 Sep 1803 Died) * Antonio Leonardis da Lucinico (13 Aug 1821 – 14 Jan 1830 Died)

Diocese of Trieste e Capodistria

''United: 30 June 1828 with the Diocese of Capodistria and territory added from the suppressed Diocese of Novigrad''
''Latin Name: Tergestinus et Iustinopolitanus''
''Metropolitan:

* Matteo Raunicher (30 Sep 1831 – 20 Nov 1845 Died) * Bartolomeo Legat (21 Dec 1846 – 12 Feb 1875 Died) * Juraj Dobrila (5 Jul 1875 – 13 Jan 1882 Died) *

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(3 Jul 1882 – 1895 Resigned) * Andrija Marija Sterk (25 Jun 1896 – 17 Sep 1901 Died) * Franz Xaver Nagl (9 Jun 1902 – 19 Jan 1910 Confirmed, Coadjutor

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); future Cardinal * Andrea Karlin (6 Feb 1911 – 15 Dec 1919 Resigned) * Angelo Bartolomasi (15 Dec 1919 – 11 Dec 1922 Appointed, Bishop of Pinerolo) * Luigi Fogar (9 Jul 1923 – 30 Oct 1936 Resigned) *

Antonio Santin Antonio Santin, (9 December 1895 – 17 March 1981) was an Italian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Rijeka (1933.08.10 – 1938.05.16), Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1938.05.16 – 1975.06.28), Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1938.05 ...

(16 May 1938 – 28 Jun 1975 Retired); Archbishop (personal title) in 1963

Diocese of Trieste

''17 October 1977: Split into the

Diocese of Koper ) , cocathedral = Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Nova Gorica() , area_km2 = 4,386 , parishes = 100 , population = 266,403 , population_as_of = 2013 , catholics = 181,230 , catholics_percent= 68 , pope ...

and the Diocese of Trieste'' * Lorenzo Bellomi (17 Oct 1977 – 23 Aug 1996 Died) *

Eugenio Ravignani Eugenio Ravignani (10 December 1932 – 7 May 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. Ravignani was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, from ...

(4 Jan 1997 – 4 Jul 2009 Retired) *

Giampaolo Crepaldi Giampaolo Crepaldi (born 29 September 1947) is the current archbishop-bishop of Trieste since his installation on 4 October 2009. He had previously served as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Early life and ordination Crepa ...

(4 Jul 2009 – ), Archbishop (personal title)

Coadjutor Bishops

* Giuseppe Antonio von Delmestri von Schönberg (1718-1720) * Wilhelm von Leslie (1711-1716), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Vác, Hungary

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Aldrago Antonio de Piccardi, appointed Bishop of Pedena, Austria in 1766 *

Guido Pozzo Guido Pozzo (born 26 December 1951) is a Catholic prelate and an official of the Roman Curia. Biography Pozzo was born near Trieste, Italy. He entered the Almo Collegio Capranica in 1970. He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University i ...

, appointed Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities and titular archbishop in 2012 * Franz von Raigesfeld, appointed auxiliary bishop of Ljubljana, (now in) Slovenia in 1795 *

, appointed Bishop of Vittorio Veneto in 1983; later returned here as Bishop

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