Diocese of Padova
Patavin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Padova, Italy, Italy
The Diocese of Padova is a Latin Church diocese in the Veneto, Italy, suffragan to the Patriarchate of Venice. Tracing its origins to the early centuries of the Church, it is led by Bishop Claudio Cipolla, appointed in 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Patavin(us)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002509
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,031,636
- Population
- 1,081,808
- Catholic share
- 95.4%
- Priests
- 627
- Catholics per priest
- 1,645
- Extent
- 3,297 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 313
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
- Claudio Cipolla
- Born
- 11 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Goito
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
Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta stands in Padova, 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 ChioggiaChioggia
- Diocese of Concordia–PordenoneConcordia–Pordenone
- 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
One of the older sees of northern Italy, the Diocese of Padua (Italian: Diocesi di Padova; Latin: Dioecesis Patavina) was erected in the 3rd century and serves the Veneto region as a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. For most of its history it stood as a suffragan (subordinate) of the Patriarchate of Aquileia; when that Patriarchate was permanently suppressed in 1752, Padua passed under the Archdiocese of Udine as its suffragan.
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].