Patriarchate 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
Area871 km2 (336 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2015)
  • 384,469
  • 327,000 (85.1%)
Parishes128
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established774 (774)
Cathedral Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Patriarch Francesco Moraglia
Map
Roman Catholic Patriarchate of Venice in Italy.svg
Website
www.patriarcatovenezia.it

The Patriarchate of Venice (Italian : Patriarcato di Venezia; Latin : Patriarchatus Venetiarum), also sometimes called the Archdiocese of Venice, is a patriarchate of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, located in the Metropolitan City of Venice. Its episcopal seat is in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Mark in Venice.

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One of only four extant patriarchates in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, its ordinary is the Patriarch of Venice, who is traditionally created a cardinal by the pope. Immediately upon installation in office, however, the Patriarch of Venice has the right to wear scarlet vesture (like a cardinal), whether or not he has yet been elevated to the College of Cardinals.

As a metropolitan, the Patriarch of Venice is the metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. Its suffragan dioceses include Adria-Rovigo, Belluno-Feltre, Chioggia, Concordia-Pordenone, Padova, Treviso, Verona, Vicenza, and Vittorio Veneto. [1]

In 1451 the Patriarchate of Grado was merged with the Bishopric of Castello and Venice to form the Patriarchate of Venice.

Patriarchs of Venice

Archbishop Francesco Moraglia (incumbent) wearing the Patriarch's scarlet vestments, similar to that of a cardinal. Moraglia Mira 4.JPG
Archbishop Francesco Moraglia (incumbent) wearing the Patriarch's scarlet vestments, similar to that of a cardinal.

References

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

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