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Diocese of Verona

Veronen(sis)

The Diocese of Verona is a Latin diocese in the Veneto region of Italy, a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. It is led by Bishop Domenico Pompili, appointed in 2022.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
300
Latin
Veronen(sis)
Patron
Saint Zeno of Verona
Annuario code
001000091

The see in figures

Catholics
845,453
Population
955,303
Catholic share
88.5%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
587
Catholics per priest
1,440
Extent
3,050 km²
Catholics per km²
277

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
Domenico Pompili
Born
21 May 1963
Birthplace
Roma

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 Verona, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Within the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice lies the Diocese of Verona (Latin: Dioecesis Veronensis), a Latin see of the Catholic Church in northern Italy. Its bishop is seated at Verona in the Veneto, with the episcopal throne in the cathedral, a church originally dedicated to S. Maria Matricolare and S. George.

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.

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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].