Diocese of Vicenza
Vicentin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vicenza, Italy
The Diocese of Vicenza is a Latin diocese in the Veneto region of Italy, a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. Its current ordinary is Bishop Giuliano Brugnotto, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Vicentin(us)
- Patron
- Saint Leontius, Saint Theodore and Saint Apollonius
- Annuario code
- 001000098
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 769,000
- Population
- 839,974
- Catholic share
- 91.6%
- Priests
- 386
- Catholics per priest
- 1,992
- Extent
- 2,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 350
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
- Giuliano Brugnotto
- Born
- 7 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Carbonera
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 Annunziata stands in Vicenza, 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 PadovaPadova
- Diocese of TrevisoTreviso
- Diocese of VeneziaVenezia
- Diocese of VeronaVerona
- Diocese of Vittorio VenetoVittorio Veneto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Already in existence before 590, the Diocese of Vicenza (Latin: Dioecesis Vicentina) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in the Veneto region of Italy, seated in the capital of the Province of Vicenza, roughly 60 km (37 mi) west of Venice and about 45 km (28 mi) east of Verona. Until 1751 Vicenza answered to the Patriarchate of Aquileia as a suffragan; in that year it passed to the ecclesiastical province of Udine, and in 1818, when the province of Udine was dissolved, it became a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice.
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].