Archdiocese of Udine
| Archdiocese of Udine | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy | 
| Church region | Triveneto | 
| Ecclesiastical province | Udine | 
| Diocesan bishop | Andrea Bruno Mazzocato | 
| founding | 1751 | 
| surface | 4,726 km² | 
| Parishes | 373 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| Residents | 514,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| Catholics | 494,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| proportion of | 96.1% | 
| Diocesan priest | 271 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| Religious priest | 73 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| Catholics per priest | 1,436 | 
| Permanent deacons | 28 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| Friars | 87 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| Religious sisters | 511 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) | 
| rite | Roman rite | 
| Liturgical language | Italian | 
| cathedral | Udine Cathedral | 
| address | Via Treppo 7 33100 Udine Italia | 
| Website | www.diocesiudine.it | 
The Archdiocese of Udine ( Latin : Archidioecesis Utinensis , Italian : Arcidiocesi di Udine ) is a metropolitan bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy with its seat in Udine . It includes the city as well as part of the former province of Udine .

The diocese was founded by Pope Benedict XIV on July 6, 1751 , when the Patriarchate of Aquileia was dissolved. Part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia became the Archdiocese of Gorizia , which was under Habsburg rule. The remaining area formed the Archdiocese of Udine under the influence of Venice . From 1818 to 1847 the diocese was suffragan to the Patriarch of Venice . Pope Pius IX On March 14, 1847, Udine raised again to the archbishopric and placed it directly under the Holy See . The patron saints of the diocese are the saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus . The archbishops of Udine enjoy the right to wear the legate purple , which is why the inside of the prelate's hat in their coat of arms is colored red.



