Patriarchate of Venice

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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
Map
Website
www.patriarcatovenezia.it

The Patriarchate of Venice (

Bishopric of Castello
and Venice to form the Archdiocese of Venice.

The

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


Patriarchs of Venice

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

References

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

Books

Reference works

  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
  • Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 946–947. (Use with caution; obsolete)
  • Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. (in Latin)
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. (in Latin)
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. (in Latin)
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi sive summorum pontificum, S. R. E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series... A pontificatu Pii PP. VII (1800) usque ad pontificatum Gregorii PP. XVI (1846) (in Latin). Vol. VII. Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi... A Pontificatu PII PP. IX (1846) usque ad Pontificatum Leonis PP. XIII (1903) (in Latin). Vol. VIII. Il Messaggero di S. Antonio.
  • Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi... A pontificatu Pii PP. X (1903) usque ad pontificatum Benedictii PP. XV (1922) (in Latin). Vol. IX. Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. .

Studies