Diocese of Venezia
Venetiarum
Latin patriarchate · Latin Church · Venezia, Italy, 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 share
- 85.1%
- Priests
- 266
- Catholics per priest
- 1,229
- Extent
- 871 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 375
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
- 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.
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].