The Italian Catholic Diocese of Chioggia (Latin: Dioecesis Clodiensis) is in the Veneto. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Venice.
Chioggia in antiquity was known as Fossa Clodia; in the Middle Ages as Clugia. In 1106, Enrico Grancarolo, Bishop of the island of Malamocco, then nearly deserted, transferred his see to Chioggia.
Other bishops were:
Giacomo Nacchiante (1544)the Dominican Marco Medici (1578), a theologian at the Council of TrentGabriello Fiamma (1584), one of the greatest orators of his time.Cardinal Pietro Bembo was a canon of the cathedral.
Erected: 7th Century
Latin Name: Clodiensis
Nicolas de Crucibus (21 Oct 1457 - 10 Feb 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Hvar)Nicolas Inversi, O.S.M. (8 Feb 1463 - 1471 Died)Silvestro Daziari (24 Jan 1480 - 1486 Died)Bernardino Fenier (Venerio) (24 Jan 1487 - 1535 Died)Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi (20 Oct 1535 - 5 Oct 1540 Died)Alberto Pascaleo, O.P. (5 Nov 1540 - Dec 1543 Died)Jacopo Nacchianti, O.P. (30 Jan 1544 - 24 Apr 1569 Died)Francesco Pisani (19 Jul 1569 - 8 Feb 1572 Died)Girolamo Negri (10 Oct 1572 - 1578 Resigned)Marco Medici, O.P. (15 Dec 1578 - 30 Aug 1583 Died)Gabriel Fiamma, O.S.A. (23 Jan 1584 - 14 Jul 1585 Died)Massimiliano Beniamino, O.F.M. Conv. (9 Sep 1585 - 10 Mar 1601 Died)Lorenzo Prezzato (4 Jun 1601 - 29 Oct 1610 Died)Raphael Riva (Ripa), O.P. (24 Nov 1610 - 1611 Died)Angelo Baroni, O.P. (31 Aug 1611 - Nov 1612 Died)Bartolomeo Cartolario (11 Feb 1613 - Nov 1614 Died)Pietro Paolo Miloto (9 Feb 1615 - Nov 1618 Died)Pasquale Grassi (29 Apr 1619 - Dec 1636 Died)Francesco Grassi (16 Jan 1640 - 4 Apr 1669 Died)Giovanni Antonio Baldi (15 Jul 1669 - 8 Oct 1679 Died)Stefano Rosato (3 Jul 1684 - 22 Jan 1696 Died)Antonio Grassi (bishop) (21 May 1696 - 4 Nov 1715 Died)Giovanni Soffietti, C.R.M. (5 Feb 1716 - 19 Jan 1733 Appointed, Bishop of Adria)Giovanni Maria Benzoni (2 Mar 1733 - 12 Jun 1744 Resigned)Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. (15 Jun 1744 - 16 Nov 1750 Appointed, Bishop of Treviso)Gian Alberto De' Grandi, C.R.L. (16 Nov 1750 - 21 Jul 1752 Died)Vincenzo Dominico Bragadin, O.F.M. Cap. (26 Sep 1753 - 21 Jun 1762 Died)Giannagostino Gradenigo, O.S.B. (22 Nov 1762 - 19 Sep 1768 Appointed, Bishop of Ceneda)Giovanni Morosini, O.S.B. (28 May 1770 - 14 Dec 1772 Appointed, Bishop of Verona)Federico Maria Giovanelli (12 Jul 1773 - 20 May 1776 Appointed, Patriarch of Venice)Giovanni Benedetto Maria Ciuran (Civran) (15 Jul 1776 - 28 Oct 1794 Died)Stefano Domenico Sceriman, O.P. (1 Jun 1795 - 12 Jun 1806 Died)Giuseppe Maria Peruzzi (18 Sep 1807 - 26 Jun 1818 Confirmed, Bishop of Vicenza)Giuseppe Manfrin Provedi (23 Aug 1819 - 26 Jan 1829 Died)Antonio Savorin (15 Mar 1830 - 25 Dec 1840 Died)Jacopo De’ Foretti (24 Jan 1842 - 25 Apr 1867 Died)Domenico Agostini (27 Oct 1871 - 22 Jun 1877 Appointed, Patriarch of Venice)Sigismondo Brandolini Rota (25 Jun 1877 - 5 Sep 1877 Resigned)Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. (21 Sep 1877 - 21 Nov 1908 Died)Antonio Bassani (21 Nov 1908 Succeeded - 1 Oct 1918 Resigned)Domenico Mezzadri (2 Jul 1920 - 8 Dec 1936 Died)Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. (13 Dec 1937 - 28 Nov 1951 Appointed, Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca)Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. (31 Jan 1952 - 1 May 1976 Retired)Sennen Corrà (1 May 1976 - 19 Jul 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone)Alfredo Magarotto (22 Feb 1990 - 31 May 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto)Angelo Daniel (27 Nov 1997 - 10 Jan 2009 Retired)Adriano Tessarollo (28 Mar 2009 - )
