Diocese of Trieste
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The Italian Catholic diocese of Trieste, in the Triveneto, has existed in its current form since 1977. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Gorizia.[1]
[edit] History
St. Frugifer, consecrated in 524, was the first bishop of Trieste; the diocese was then subject to the Patriarchate of Aquileia,
Among the bishops were:
- Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II
- Petrus Bonomo, a secretary of Emperor Frederick III and Emperor Maximilian I, bishop in 1502, and known as pater concilii in the Fifth Lateran Council (1512).
- Giovanni Bogarino, teacher of Archduke Charles of Styria, was bishop from 1591.
In 1787 some administrative changes began, with the suppression of the diocese of Pedena, added to Trieste. Emperor Joseph II abolished the diocese of Trieste in 1788, transferring the see to Gradisca d'Isonzo. His brother, Emperor Leopold II, divided the Archdiocese of Gradisca into the diocese of Gorz and diocese of Trieste, re-establishing Trieste in 1791 and appointing as its bishop Sigismund Anton, Count of Hohenwart and tutor of his children. Other attempts were made to suppress the see, but the emperor decreed its preservation, and Ignatius Cajetanus von Buset zu Faistenberg was appointed bishop[2]. After his death (1803) the see remained vacant eighteen years, owing to the disorders caused by Napoleon.
Emperor Franz finally appointed Leonardi as bishop of Trieste. At the Synod of Vienna in 1849, Bartholomew Legat was present; he defended the views of the minority in the First Vatican Council. In 1909 Bishop Franz X. Nagl was appointed coadjutor cum jure successionis to the ninety-year-old Cardinal Prince-Archbishop Anton Gruscha of Vienna.
From 1828 the name was officially diocese of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), and the Slovenian diocese of Koper was united with Trieste. In fact it was officially a triple see, with Cittanova (Æmonia) and Capodistria (Ægida, Capris, Justinopolis) united to Trieste. It went also by the name of Triest-Capo d'Istria, where Triest is the German spelling.
In 1977 Koper became an independent diocese once more.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Bishop Ignatius Cajetanus von Buset zu Faistenberg [Catholic-Hierarchy]
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
