Diocese of Venezia
Venetiarum
Latin patriarchate · Latin Church · Venezia, Italy
The Patriarchate of Venice is a metropolitan Latin see and one of only four extant patriarchates in the Latin Church, elevated to patriarchal status in 1451. Its current ordinary is Patriarch Francesco Moraglia, and its seat is the Basilica of Saint Mark.
The see
- Rank
- Latin patriarchate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 774
- Latin
- Venetiarum
- Patron
- Saint Mark the Evangelist
- Annuario code
- 001000579
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 327,000
- Population
- 384,469
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.1%
- Priests
- 266
- Catholics per priest
- 1,229
- Extent
- 871 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 375
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
- Patriarch
- Francesco Moraglia
- Born
- 25 May 1953
- Birthplace
- Genova
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
Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark stands in Venezia, 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 Venice
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Adria–RovigoAdria–Rovigo
- Diocese of Belluno–FeltreBelluno–Feltre
- Diocese of ChioggiaChioggia
- Diocese of Concordia–PordenoneConcordia–Pordenone
- Diocese of PadovaPadova
- Diocese of TrevisoTreviso
- Diocese of VeronaVerona
- Diocese of VicenzaVicenza
- Diocese of Vittorio VenetoVittorio Veneto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Venice is the seat of one of only four extant patriarchates in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church: the Patriarchate of Venice (Italian: Patriarcato di Venezia; Latin: Patriarchatus Venetiarum), sometimes also called the Archdiocese of Venice, located in the Metropolitan City of Venice. Its ordinary, the Patriarch of Venice, is by tradition created a cardinal by the pope, and his episcopal seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Mark.
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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.