Patriarchate of Venice

Patriarchatus Venetiarum

Patriarcato di Venezia
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
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale Patriarchale di S. Marco
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchFrancesco Moraglia
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Website
www.patriarcatovenezia.it

The Patriarchate of Venice (Latin: Patriarchatus Venetiarum), also sometimes called the Archdiocese of Venice, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Venice, Italy. In 1451 the Patriarchate of Grado was merged with the Bishopric of Castello and Venice to form the Archdiocese of Venice.

The ordinary of the archdiocese is the Patriarch of Venice, who has traditionally been created a cardinal in consistory 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. The mother church of the archdiocese is the St Mark's Basilica in Venice.

As a metropolitan see, 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]

Patriarchs of Venice

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

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