Diocese of Adria–Rovigo
Adrien(sis)-Rhodigien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Adria–Rovigo, Italy
The Diocese of Adria-Rovigo is a Latin rite diocese in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, suffragan to the Patriarchate of Venice. It took its present name in 1986, uniting the historic see of Adria with Rovigo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 640
- Latin
- Adrien(sis)-Rhodigien(sis)
- Patron
- san Bellino
- Annuario code
- 001000602
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 190,000
- Population
- 193,890
- Catholic share
- 98.0%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 1,939
- Extent
- 1,193 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 159
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Pierantonio Pavanello
- Born
- 20 May 1955
- Birthplace
- Bassano del Grappa
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
Cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo stands in Adria–Rovigo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concattedrale di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Venice
A suffragan of Patriarchate of Venice.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Belluno–FeltreBelluno–Feltre
- Diocese of ChioggiaChioggia
- Diocese of Concordia–PordenoneConcordia–Pordenone
- Diocese of PadovaPadova
- Diocese of TrevisoTreviso
- Diocese of VeneziaVenezia
- Diocese of VeronaVerona
- Diocese of VicenzaVicenza
- Diocese of Vittorio VenetoVittorio Veneto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bearing its present name since 1986, the Latin diocese of Adria-Rovigo (Latin: Dioecesis Adriensis-Rhodigiensis) lies in the Triveneto and is a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. The comune of Adria sits north of the Po River, some 88 km (56 mi) north of Ravenna. The diocesan territory takes in roughly the northeastern Italian civil Province of Rovigo (though Rovigo itself is not an episcopal see) along with part of one town in the Province of Padua.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].