Diocese of Venice
Venetiarum in Florida
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Venice, Florida, United States
The Diocese of Venice in Florida is a Latin Church diocese covering ten counties of southwest Florida, erected in 1984 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Miami. Bishop Frank Dewane's resignation was accepted on May 13, 2026, and Emilio Biosca Aguero, OFM Cap., is bishop-elect with episcopal ordination scheduled for July 11, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 1984
- Latin
- Venetiarum in Florida
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mercy
- Annuario code
- 001000084
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 242,156
- Population
- 2,444,235
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.9%
- Priests
- 195
- Catholics per priest
- 1,242
- Extent
- 22,685 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Emilio Biosca Aguero, OFM Cap. (bishop-elect)
- Born
- 9 March 1950
- Birthplace
- Green Bay
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
Epiphany Cathedral stands in Venice, 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 Miami
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Miami.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MiamiMiami
- Diocese of Saint AugustineSaint Augustine
- Diocese of Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1984, the Diocese of Venice in Florida (Latin: Dioecesis Venetiae in Florida) serves the Catholic Church in southwest Florida in the United States as a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami.
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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.