Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua

Diocese of Padua
Dioecesis Patavina
Diocesi di Padova

Location
Country Italy
Statistics
Area 3,297 km2 (1,273 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
1,039,117
1,027,662 (98.9%)
Parishes 459
Information
Rite Roman
Established 3rd Century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Claudio Cipolla[1]
Emeritus Bishops Antonio Mattiazzo
Map
Website
www.diocesipadova.it
Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua (Padua)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua (Italian: Diocesi di Padova; Latin: Dioecesis Patavina) is an episcopal see of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century and is a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice.[2][3]

The current Bishop is Claudio Cipolla.

The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta. The diocese also contains the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua and the Basilica of Santa Giustina.

Territory

The Diocese of Padua covers the most part of the Province of Padua, out of a main part of the higher plain. It also includes areas from the surrounding provinces of Vicenza (Thiene, Asiago and Plateu of the Sette Comuni, Monte Grappa, southern Valsugana), Venice (Riviera del Brenta), Treviso (Valdobbiadene) and Belluno (Quero).

List of Bishops of Padua

References

  1. ↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcipolla.html
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Padova {Padua}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Padova" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 "Diocese of Padova". Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  5. ↑ Corner, Flaminio (1755). Creta sacra sive de episcopis utriusque ritus graeci et latini in insula Cretae. Vol. II. Venice: Jo. Battista Pasquale. p. 89.
  6. ↑ Mons Filippo Franceschi di Brandeglio

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Coordinates: 45°25′00″N 11°52′00″E / 45.4167°N 11.8667°E / 45.4167; 11.8667

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