Patriarchate of Venice

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.

Patriarchate of Venice

Patriarchatus Venetiarum

Patriarcato di Venezia
Façade of St. Mark's Basilica at night from Piazza San Marco
St. Mark's Basilica, Venice
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceVenice
Statistics
Area871 km2 (336 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
384,469
327,000 (85.1%)
Parishes128
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established774 (774)
CathedralPatriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchFrancesco Moraglia
Map
Map of the territory of the Patriarchate of Venice in Italy
Website
www.patriarcatovenezia.it

One of only four extant patriarchates in the Latin 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

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Archbishop Francesco Moraglia (incumbent) wearing a cardinal's scarlet vestment

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

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