Diocese of Vittorio Veneto
Victorien(sis) Venetorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vittorio Veneto, Italy
The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto is a Latin Church diocese in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, suffragan to the Patriarchate of Venice. Riccardo Battocchio was appointed bishop in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1818
- Latin
- Victorien(sis) Venetorum
- Patron
- Saint Titian of Oderzo
- Annuario code
- 001000126
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 324,700
- Population
- 374,500
- Catholic share
- 86.7%
- Priests
- 149
- Catholics per priest
- 2,179
- Extent
- 1,420 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 229
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
- Riccardo Battocchio
- Born
- 14 August 1962
- Birthplace
- Bassano del Grappa
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 Vittorio Veneto, 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 VicenzaVicenza
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known historically as the Diocese of Ceneda until the name was changed in 1939, the Diocese of Vittorio Veneto (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis Venetorum) is a Latin see in northeastern Italy with its seat in Vittorio Veneto. Ceneda began under the patriarchate of Aquileia, remaining its suffragan until that see's suppression in 1751; from 1752 until 1818 it answered to the archdiocese of Udine, and since 1818 it has belonged to the ecclesiastical province headed by the Patriarchate of Venice. The diocese's Albino Luciani Diocesan Museum houses art gathered from several of its churches.
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].