Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice

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Patriarchate of Venice

Patriarchatus Venetiarum

Patriarcato di Venezia
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St. Mark's Basilica, Venice
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Venice
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
376,399
348,922 (92.7%)
Parishes 128
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 774
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale Patriachale di S. Marco
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Patriarch Francesco Moraglia
Map
File:Roman Catholic Patriarchate of Venice in Italy.svg
Website
patriarcatovenezia.it

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, also known as the Patriarchate of Venice, (Latin: Patriarchatus Venetiarum) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Italy.

The ordinary of the archdiocese is the Patriarch of Venice, who is traditionally created a cardinal in consistory by the Pope. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Basilica di San Marco in Venezia.

As a metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Venice is the chief diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Venezia. Its suffragan dioceses include Adria-Rovigo, Belluno-Feltre, Chioggia, Concordia-Pordenone, Padova, Treviso, Verona, Vicenza, and Vittorio Veneto.[1]

Ordinaries

References

  1. Archdiocese of Venezia, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, url accessed May 22, 2006

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