Diocese of Chioggia
Clodien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chioggia, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Chioggia is a Latin Church diocese in the Veneto region of Italy, a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice, with its see transferred from Malamocco to Chioggia in 1106. It has been led by Bishop Giampaolo Dianin since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1106
- Latin
- Clodien(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Felix and Fortunatus
- Annuario code
- 001001139
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 93,500
- Population
- 116,130
- Catholic share
- 80.5%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 1,764
- Extent
- 1,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- Giampaolo Dianin
- Born
- 29 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Teolo
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 di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Chioggia, 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
A suffragan of Patriarchate of Venice.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Adria–RovigoAdria–Rovigo
- Diocese of Belluno–FeltreBelluno–Feltre
- 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
At the southernmost point of the Laguna veneta lies the Diocese of Chioggia (Latin: Dioecesis Clodiensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Veneto. For centuries it answered to the Patriarchate of Grado, but on 8 October 1451 Pope Nicholas V, in the bull Regis Aeterni, suppressed that patriarchate and passed its powers and privileges to the Archdiocese of Venice. Chioggia has been a suffragan of Venice ever since.
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].