Ecclesiastical province Venice Denomination Catholic Church Established 774 Country Italy Cathedral Saint Mark's Basilica | Parishes 128 Rite Roman Rite Area 871 km² Bishop Francesco Moraglia | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2012)
376,399
348,922 (92.7%) |
The Patriarchate of Venice, (Latin: Patriarchatus Venetiarum) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Italy.
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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.
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